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stopping the oil sands will not hurt the economy, they aren’t asking that all existing projects be shut down, but to merely refrain from starting new ones until more information is available. It is argued that with the goal to end the use of fossil fuels by 2100, there is no logical reason to start a project that could be shut down in a few decades. The article ends on the notion that more and more scientists are joining the debate, and we should be spending more on research into the…

Two Tips To Troubleshoot A Thermostat Your home’s thermostat is an essential piece of hardware that helps control your furnace. If the device stops working, it can leave your furnace without any way to know when it needs to turn on and off. Thankfully, thermostats are easy to troubleshoot, and are an inexpensive fix if you determine they are the problem. Here are two problems that you can troubleshoot on your own. Furnace Not Cycling Is the temperature in your home colder than your threshold…

Climate changing is also a reason for the Amazon being threatened. Burning, running the forest and having a high rate of Co2 in the weather, the forest will be exposed to global warming. This is making the Amazon rainforest the heart of climate worrieness. “The more forest that is gone, the more temperatures increases, which causes more forest to die back, and so on”. (WWF, N.D). Another reason is oil development; oil digging in the Amazon is rising. Yasuni is one of the world’s ecologically…

Narrowing Down A roofing Material? Why Choose Metal Have you ever looked around your neighborhood to see what kind of roofs are out there? While asphalt shingles are most likely dominating the neighborhood, you may see a few metal roofs out there. Metal can be a viable alternative to traditional shingles for the following reasons, so do not count it out so soon when narrowing down a roofing material. Life Expectancy The longevity of a roof will depend on several factors, such as the home’s…

The application of lithium ion batteries to fields that are fossil fuel dominated would mean that the emissions from fossil fuels would be cut and the mining and production of lithium would look like a small cost to a metal that can be recycled for years after seems the batteries are nearly 100% recyclable. The lithium ion devices are also being mined…

the energy saving lifestyle needed to achieve their new home's net zero status. The complex will feature wind turbines, rooftop solar panels, air source heat pump water heaters and more. All energy consumed will be generated on site, and no fossil fuels will be burned at the complex making it one of the most cutting edge green projects in the nation, officials said. What criteria were considered when choosing the site? Some of the criteria’s chosen for the site…

Although I have not taken the CO$_{2}$ emissions into account in previous chapters, Section 5.2.2 is the ideal setting with a zero carbon emission. In Section 5.2.2, I assume there is no gas-fired plant present and at least 50\% of the demand is supplied by my system, and the rest is satisfied by imports from the National Grid. This section includes three subsections, a fixed carbon price, a variable carbon price and a hard constraint on carbon emission. CO$_{2}$ is the main greenhouse gas and…

In this essay I will assess the Medias representation of the UK’s predicted winter of 2015/16 in association with El- Niño and compare with the scientific knowledge of this topic. The media is the leading source of communication globally, with the British public dedicating 6 weeks of their lives talking about the weather (Daily Mirror cited in Gavin et al, 2011, p.423). The media’s tendency to simplify and overexpose information has often resulted in repudiated claims because of…

tasks such as dinner preparation through means of a stovetop. Although little attention has been given to the presence, retrieval and usage of natural gas, hazards and benefits are constantly revised and discovered. Natural gas, a type of fossil fuel, has existed on earth for hundreds of millions of years without proper recognition.…

Beatriz Kaspin ENG 102 – 11006 Jun 8, 2015 Hydraulic Fracturing essay Hydraulic Fracturing Because of recent technological advances in energy exploration, petroleum engineers have been able to implement a new and effective way to extract oil from the ground. The hydraulic fracturing also known as fracking is used in nine out of 10 natural gas wells in the United States with the purpose of extracting oil and natural gas (Freeman, 2014). Fracking is a drilling method, and consists of special…