Energy The American Way of Life By Karen Morris

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Energy The American Way of LifeBy Karen Morris
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• Some people say
• That global warming is a good thing for mother
  earth. With warmer weather there would be less
  harsh winters. The harvest would be longer.
  Colder climates will use less heat which would
  save on gas and electricity.

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But this tread has a ugly side

• It will create more bugs that carry diseases,
  increase in droughts, water shortages, flooding
  in some regions, health issues and the Green
  House effect. Impact of global warming in the
  United States and the measures that need to be
  taken to reverse this trend is a slow process
  that we need to take seriously.

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• US heat waves normally last 2 or 3 days.
• In the last 50 years it has tripled
• Of Weather related deaths heat waves are the
  greatest.
• People die of cardio arrest, respiratory arrest
  and stroke.
• In 1995 a tragic heat wave in Chicago Illinois 7
  lives were claim when temperatures reached 106,
  with in a week or two 800 more die of serious
  complication cause by the heat wave.

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In 2003 Europe Heat wave claimed

• 14,802 die in France
• 7,000 in Germany
• 4,230 in Spain
• Over 4,175 in Italy
• This is a rare event but evident. Heat wave
  deaths are predicted to double by 2020 if global
  warming is not curbed.

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The Green House Effect works when the sun comes
through the glass of the green house. Glass is
transparent, therefore the plants and soil absorb
some of the heat, but the heat that is trap can
not escape. This causes the temperatures to rise
inside. The absorption of the light turns the sun
rays into energy and the energy becomes heat. If
you open the glass windows the heat can escape an
the green house would become cooler inside.
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The same thing happens with our atmosphere. Our
atmosphere is transparent, which allows the
visual light from the sun rays to enter the
atmosphere. The heat is absorbed by the surface
of the earth. The earth is then heated up,
instead of the heat escaping into space, it is
trap by the ozone layer The green house gases
such as water vapors and carbon dioxide are
trapped in between when it leaves the earth
surface. This is call the blanket effect. We are
putting a blanket over the earth that keeps the
earth insulated, the same way you would put a
blanket over yourself at night to say warm.
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The concern is that mankind is changing the green
house effect.

• With the increase of industries we have increased
  the amount of emission of carbon dioxide that are
  release into the atmosphere by adding coal, water
  and gases to the earth atmosphere. We are just
  adding more and more blankets over the earth.
  This is making the earth warmer than it has been
  in millions of years.

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How did this happen?-With more cars on the road.
-Dependence on gasoline. The use of
electricity. All power was produced by global
warming.
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Extreme Climate Events

• Extreme climate events like storms, heat waves
  and blizzards.
• More extreme rain in areas that are already wet
  will result in flooding.
• In areas that are already dry, they will have
  increase in drought and heat waves and water
  shortages.
• Places with moderate rain will decrease in
  rainfall.

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Our Water Supply

• Our society depends on water supply, when we
  want it and how we want. This will change as the
  effect of our snow packs decrease and are limited
  to the amount of water we can store. In the
  western states 75 of the water supply comes from
  snow packs. States that rely on snow packs for
  water, provides our nations fresh fruit. The
  warmer the climate the less snow we will have.
• No water, No fruits , No vegetables, No farmers
• Since 1950, spring snow packs has declined as
  much as 60
• Alaska climate has change to warmer weather by 5

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What else could change?

• In San Diego alone it is proof with the
  firestorm of 2003, which took 16 lives and
  destroyed 2,820 homes and buildings.

• Then the 2007, fires that took 9 lives and 1,500
  homes and buildings.
• Today our county is faced with water rationing
  with strict water uses. With less rain this will
  increase the number of dead trees and
  vegetations, therefore, a higher chance of forest
  fires.

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Animals are faced with extinction

• Animals that are adapted to colder climate will
  be forced to move or face extinction. ¼ of all
  plant and animal species could face extinction by
  the end of the century due to global warming.

• Bugs that do not do well in cold climates will do
  well in warm climate which will increase the
  spread of diseases that they carry.

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• In 1999, the West Nile Virus was first detected
  in New York City. It has now spread to 48 states
  in the US. Public health and safety is at risk,
  the cost to change is expensive, if we dont do
  anything now, this will transfer the cost to our
  children and our childrens, children. Which by
  then will be even more expensive and more damage
  to the earth atmosphere will be at risk.

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• More than 70 of the earths surface is covered
  by water. Since 1970, the average numbers of
  category 4 and 5 hurricanes per year has nearly
  double. Hurricanes are one of the most
  destructive natural catastrophes that can happen.
  Hurricanes coverts heat and energy into wind
  energy. The heat comes from the ocean as it warms
  the waters. The average hurricane can carry 2
  trillion watts of power, thats enough to light
  20 billion light bulbs.

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If you can recall the devastating cat of
Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans on August 29
2005, this is proof what global warming is doing
to our environment.
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The Future Is In Our Control

• The US use more energy than any country in the
  world. Energy is the American way of life and we
  need to cut it out. We need to cut our emission
  by 80. The exhaust from our tail pipes stays in
  the atmosphere for about 100 years. Every year
  cars and trucks admits 1.5 billion tons of carbon
  dioxide pollutes into the US air. That is more
  than all countries combine from source such as,
  electricity, cars and industries. If we switched
  to hybrids we can cut that to half. Solar and
  wind power currently produce about 2 of our
  electricity nationwide, and about 90 still comes
  from polluting sources like coal and nuclear
  power. Coal burning plants are the nations
  largest source of carbon dioxide, the heat
  trapping pollutants contributes to global
  warming. These pollutants also increase asthma
  attacks and worsens the environmental problems
  like acid rain, haze, smog and other air and
  water pollution.

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Where do you being

• Instead of getting bigger and bigger, we need to
  think smaller.
• When you buy a refrigerator look at the label.
  Does it read you will save 20.00 a month on your
  electric bill?
• Do you turn the lights out when you leave the
  room?
• Do you combine your driving errands into one
  trip?

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• There are 180 plus cities in the Us that are
  committed to reducing the green house gases In
  1993 the people of Portland Oregon took on a
  climate challenge and reduce carbon emission by
  13 and increase their work force by 16.
• There are many ways we can reduce the green
  house gases.
• Here are some easy things you can do the help

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There are many ways we can reduce the green house
gases, here are some easy things you can do to
help

• 1. Plant a tree in your yard or start a garden.
  Plants and trees help clean the air.
• 2. Simply stop using pesticides on your lawn.
  Pesticides contribute to the pollution of the
  Earth, poisons our water supply, endanger human
  health and sicken wildlife.
• 3. Support a local farmer. Farmers Markets are a
  great way to support local farmers. You will get
  some of the freshest, locally grown food available

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• 4. Buy organic. Look for and ask for organic
  produce wherever you buy your groceries, Or even
  better, shop at your local health food stores
  which carries only organic produce. Buying
  organic, reduces pesticide exposure to the land.
• 5. Buy energy-saving, compact-fluorescent lights
  bulbs and other energy efficient products. When
  your next bulb goes out, replace it with a
  compact fluorescent light bulb. They last 10
  times as long with ¼ of energy, saving you 30 to
  40 bucks on your electric bill.
• 6. Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, reduce reuse,
  recycle still works very will today.
• 7. Shop Green. Be a consumer that uses your
  dollars to support companies and products that
  are better for the Earth.

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• 8. Join or make a donation to any organization
  that supports the environment. There are numerous
  worthy organizations that work hard for the
  Earth.
• 9. Try eating meatless meals at least one day a
  week. The livestock sector accounts for nearly 18
  percent of greenhouse gas emission. If has been
  estimated that a 20 percent reduction in meat
  consumption would save as much energy as if
  everyone drove a hybrid vehicle instead of a
  standard sedan.

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• 10. Junk Mail Reduction If you are tired of
  coming home to a mailbox stuffed with unwanted
  flyers, catalogs, credit card offers and coupons?
  Simply send a postcard to the addresses and
  request to have your name removed from their
  mailing list. Fact It takes 17 trees to make one
  ton of paper, which means nearly 100 million
  trees get used for junk mail every year in the
  US. Recycling junk mail is great, but not getting
  it at all is even better!

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• 11. B.Y.O.B. Bring your own bags. Use reusable
  canvas cloth bags and keep them in your car for
  the next grocery trip. Not all items require a
  bag try carrying small or large item in your
  hands.
• 12. Reuse. Plastic grocery bags are
  multifunctional. Use them for trash can liners or
  for pet waste. Find new ways to reuse those bags.
• 13 Bike to work or school. Power by you, it is a
  great way to get your exercise in and it saves
  you at the pump.

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14. Spend time in nature. Taking a walk, having a
picnic or simply sitting outdoors will motivate
us to be better stewards of the Earth.
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• We dont have to depend up on fossil fuel, there
  are many alternative. We have a free resource in
  the sun why not use the sun to power the US by
  solar power?. The US is smart enough to put a man
  on the moon, we are surely smart enough to stop
  destroying our Earth. We have the potential to
  produce almost all of our electricity from clean
  energy sources. We have the know how to move
  beyond our dependence on polluting power plants
  by using clean, safe and affordable renewable
  energy. Solar panels transform sunlight into
  electricity and wind turbines captures the winds
  to produce reliable electricity. With a better
  use of energy we can avoid the need of new
  polluting power plants. With the US technologies
  we can create ways of using less energy.

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• Together we can do it, we can create a cleaner
  environment for our future generation.

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