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    Gas Vs Diesel

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    assembled in vehicles. The main difference in the engines are if they are gas or if they are diesel. While bearing some minor similarities, the differences between gas and diesel are remarkable. There are many contributing factors that make diesel engines different than their gas counterparts. Whenever you go to the get a vehicle you want it to be fuel efficient, good thing that the diesel engines are more fuel efficient than gas engines. Diesel engines also don’t have spark plugs or distributors,

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    Ocean Acidification Ocean acidification has recently become a big problem. Coral reefs and fish are dying, causing local economies to lose up to $375 billion every year from lack of tourism and fishing profits (Worland). Ocean acidification is caused mainly by carbon dioxide being pumped into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. The carbon dioxide “reacts with water molecules to form carbonic acid,” thus increasing the acidity (Stone). “The ocean currently absorbs about a third of human-created

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    is they are a little more expensive to buy and install. But since that difference is made back many times over the life of the heater, the hip pocket favors tankless. What to Look For in a Tankless Water Heater: Fuel Type There are two types here, gas and electricity. The key factor is how your home is already configured for both, and so how much modification your home will need to accomodate the heater. Size and

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    Today is the day! I get to visit the Rocky Mountains. I have never seen the Rocky Mountains. Also, I am going on their 100th anniversary. The Rocky Mountains have been there for over 300 million years. In 2015, Rocky Mountain National Park was the third most visited national park with over 4.1 million visitors. I have to get there early because it will be packed. The temperature can drop up to 20 degrees on top of the mountains, so I better bring a jacket. The Rocky Mountain National Park

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    Tape Sofalin

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    (pigott, 1999). Notable exceptions is Tape Sofalin in the central part. Tape Sofalin lies in the eastern Rey Plain of the north-Central Iranian Plateau, at Lat. 51” 44’ 06 N., Long. 35” 18’ 58 E., at about 966 meters above sea level. This location is some 10 kilometers east of the city of Varamin. The site takes its name from the density of pottery sherds on its surface (in Persian, sofalin means pottery sherds). The site itself is about 15 kilometers south of the Khorassan Road, the major East-West

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    Vani Hari also known as Food Babe is an American author and activist known for her criticism of the food industry on her blog . In the article Food Babe travel essentials- no reason to panic on the plane , she states multiple facts/information that are scientifically incorrect and not supported by any sources. Vani has a degree in computer sciences and experience as management consultant but no known qualifications in any other subject relevant to the science of food what so ever . In this article

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    The book Plan B 4.0 by Lester R Brown revolves around the transition to a fossil fuel-independent society, the efforts currently in place or in plan, and the effect it will have on Earth and our lives; or, in other words, ditching our current lifestyles for a “plan b” way of life. The main message of the book is that our current society and living situations are beyond unsustainable and we all need to work towards further correcting that. Brown presents various lifestyle changes we must make and

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    When you believe in the verity that the amount of energy exhausted in USA each year to simply keep a tank of hot water permanently on standby and ready for our use (even while we sleep)is enough energy to power a small third world nation. Why are we spending our hard-earned dollars to consume fossil fuels in our sleep to heat a tank of hot water that we will never use? Tankless water heaters only consume energy when you use hot water and instantly heat your water when you turn on the tap. Tankless

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    Duke Energy: 3 Coal Ash Spill In 2014, employees from the largest electric company in the United States, Duke Energy, started noticing the spilling of coal ash into the Dan River near Eden, North Carolina. This location is said to have had its coal fired power production units terminated in the spring 2012 (Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, 2014). The history behind the ash basin at the Dan River begins in 1948 when Duke Energy built a coal-fired power plant in Eden, NC (Rivin, 2015). In order to handle

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    Since the rise in popularity of hydraulic fracturing and directional drilling in 2000, a method used to extract natural gases, 30 states in the United States have decided to allow this unconventional process. There are many benefits to using the natural gases, they are a cleaner fuel source than coal, there is an abundance of the gas, and it provides energy independence for the U.S. But there are also noted draw backs, such as emissions of carbon dioxide and methane, impacts are seen on air and

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