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    one pound of CO2E/kWh. These have significantly less of a carbon footprint than coal, which emits 1.4 to 3.6 lbs. CO2E/kWh or natural gas, which emits .6 to 2 lbs. CO2E/kWh. This impressive difference of carbon emissions between renewable and fossil fuel is the key to caring for our environment. A 2009 USC study found that if 25 percent of the US 's

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    ESSAY Topic : “Upon graduating from THUAS, what contribution or mark would you like to make to the international ‘community’ of the Hague and/or the Netherlands?” Back when I was a child, the mesmerizing sight of nature’s already captivated me. There were abundant resources in this world. Some waiting its turn to be processed into something more useful for the people and some are still waiting to be found. As well as how great humanity by being able to process all kind of materials they found

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    ExxonMobil, one of the largest oil companies in the world and the United States, encourages the distrust of facts about climate change attempting to mitigate the role of fossil fuel consumption. Their denial shows they are aware of the effects they have on the environment. Exxon pushes this denial of climate change by funding organizations that do not believe in climate change. While their current public image shows they do not believe the facts of climate change, a recent release of internal documents

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    Wind Energy Argument

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    Dalton wagner Mrs. King ELA 7th Hour 07 April 2017 Is wind energy a good resource wind energy is a good resource because gas fuel causes damage to the environment and wind energy is renewable. Jason M. Everett claims that “The kinetic energy in the wind can be used to turn a propeller-like wind turbine connected to an electric generator. The generator converts the kinetic energy into electrical energy, which can then be used to power a wide range of things.” Because of this, “Wind energy comes

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    burning fossil fuels, rising the CO2 level, and ignoring the issue. Human beings play an enormous role in the current climate change that are affecting planet earth today. The first major way that humans are affecting the climate is by burning fossil fuels. Even though fossil fuels are needed in today's society they are being overused; to the point that non reusable resources are used everyday. People use them in different way; for their cars, for buses, trains and some use these foil fuels to warm

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    Whole Life Project Memo

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    dependencies on fossil fuels. This passion first came about four years ago in my freshmen year of high school Earth and Environmental class. During this class we learned about the harmful effects fossil fuels have on the environment as well as the benefits of alternative renewable energy sources. My interest in renewable energy came from a class debate with half of the class for fracking and

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    many different forms not only electricity; solar, chemical and thermal energy are examples of this. It can be separated into two groups, nonrenewable and renewable. Nonrenewable energy refers to a resource, which once consumed, cannot be replaced. Fossil fuels are a source of nonrenewable energy, however, they are already becoming scarce, this is where renewable energy comes in. Renewable energy comes from a source which when used, is not exhausted. Solar and wind are the most commonly known forms of

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    Researchers predict that Antarctic’s ice will melt faster if we continue to burn fossil fuels at the rates we are currently. If we burn all the deposits of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, it would raise atmospheric temperatures, causing Antarctica’s ice to melt much quicker. To this day, scientists have found that half of the melting could happen in about a thousand years. Furthermore, besides Antarctica, the rest of Earth’s land, ice could melt as well, causing the sea to possibly

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    entirety of human existence. Mankind was able to prolong life, cure deadly diseases, and more. One of the greatest achievements was converting fossil fuels into energy. People are able to take the fossilized remains and turn them into the everyday fuel everyone in the world uses. However, the energy humans have been using is not clean. The more people use fossil fuels, the more the planet dies. Fortunately, scientists and engineers were able to come up with ways to renew energy. They created new technologies

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    United States and other countries, they have different fuels that people use in gas or electric. People use these fuels for the cars, help get the house warm and people use warm water to take a shower. The warm water using to wash clothes. Also, we use heat to dry our clothes in the dryer. In this paper, I am going to write about primary sources of fuels and what the similarities and difference in the fuel sources. Also, I am going how the fuel cause problems and the United States and countries can

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