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infrastructure within the United States. Since 1993 to today the current tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon, and in the span of almost 25 years our roads, bridges and other infrastructures has not been maintained and are in need of desperate repair. The tax has remained low and the cost to make these repairs continue to rise. If Congress would raise the tax on gasoline to 40 cents per gallon that would increase the national…

(227 grams according to the Five Guys nutritional information document) require almost 19 gallons of water to grow (Mekonnen & Hoekstra, 2010b). The store uses more water in the cooking process because Along with washing the potatoes, Five Guys soaks them in more water before frying, though they do not dehydrate them for…

are. Now I am going to convert a ten minute shower into gallons. According to Stephen Leahy’s book ten minute showers…

Did you know the average home in Austin can collect 900 gallons of water during a 1 inch rain? Yes, that’s right. 900 gallons! Austin sees on average 32 inches of rainfall each year. That means you could collect 28,800 gallons of water throughout the year! That not only saves you money on water bills, but it also helps to preserve this natural resource. Talk about a win-win. Why should you collect rainwater? There are 3 clear benefits to collecting rainwater aside from helping your pocket book…

Begin by writing a paragraph 5-10 sentences that summarizes or paraphrases what the article is about. It is safe to say that everyone has peed in the pool at least once in their life. However, very few people know how harmful peeing in the pool can be. Not only is swimming in pee gross, but it can turn into a long term health hazard. Most people tend to think that adding more chlorine to the pool will kill off all bacteria but what they don’t know is that when chlorine reacts with urine it…

finishing cattle is 2.0 gallons of water per 100 pounds. For a dry cow, 1.0 gallons of water per 100 pounds. For a mother cow and her young, cow calf pair, the recommended amount of water per day is 2.0 gallons of water per 100 pounds. Last, the daily required water amount for a bull is 2.0 gallons of water per day. Depending on the weight of the cattle type water and feed amount will vary. The ratio for feed and water is 3:5, for every pound of food the animal should receive 3-5 gallons of…

standard pool chlorine. As of 2017, a gallon of bleach can be purchased for $1 when bought in bulk. Pool chlorine is more expensive by comparison. If there's a disadvantage to bleach, it's that it's comparatively weak when matched against pool chlorine. You will need to have more on hand. It takes one gallon of bleach to provide the cleaning power of 3/4 pound of pool chlorine. For a typical 20-foot by 40-foot pool (30,000 gallons), you will need two gallons of bleach. Pool Chlorine Calcium…

leaks into our water, poisons our loved ones, and pollutes our environment. Fracking should be illegal due to its detrimental effects on the environment and people. Here’s a “fun,” fact; each fracturing job uses between 1-8 million gallons of water and over 40,000 gallons of chemicals (Source 2).Think about what can do to you and your loved ones. Hydraulic Fracturing, a common method of extracting natural gas that was developed in the 1940’s. Each Fracking site requires an average of 400 tanker…

As most everyone knows, California is currently experiencing a severe drought; but, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, so is “over 36 percent of the continental U.S.” not to mention that “a fifth of the world’s [population], [that is,] more than 1.2 billion [people], live in areas of physical water scarcity.” Living in the United States, it can be easy to disregard a drought and the importance of water conservation because we always manage to obtain the water necessary to supply…

AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome is the eleventh cause of death. the origin of AIDS is still controversial, In the United States, the disease was first appeared in male homosexuals. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the most common transmission of AIDS is through homosexual sex (52 percent). Other means of transmission are drug injection, 25 percent; heterosexual sex, 8 percent; homosexual sex and drug addiction, 7 percent; undetermined, 6 percent; and blood transfusions…