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    Sources become less available, but people’s life style will continue to remain the same. Transportation and electricity are the two major area that are consuming the scarce sources in our country. Transportation uses 56% of gasoline and electricity generally used 27% of natural gas in 20141. Gasoline and natural gas become less available as time goes by. Algae biodiesel can replace gasoline after 20 years. Nuclear power and coal power can provide baseload electricity; solar power and natural gas…

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    water (Solutions). Major causes of ocean acidification are high concentration of carbon dioxide, the industrial revolution, burning of fossil fuels and loss of biodiversity. The industrial revolution was a big producer of carbon dioxide and it began the steady increase of ocean acidity. That alone caused an increase of 30% in the oceans surface acidity (Ocean). Burning fossil fuels creates more carbon dioxide. The loss of biodiversity in the ocean weakens the…

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    This paper will talk about the differences between Diesel , and Automotives engine. Also what diesel, and automotives engines have in common. Rudolf Diesel was the one that invented Diesel engines. In his high school career, Rudolf was taking a automotives engine class. Rudolf with his information that he learn in high school. Rudolf wanted to created an engine that is more efficiently. In his own time Rudolf was creating a Combustion Diesel engine. In 1892 was the year that Rudolf invented…

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    quit or limit air pollution. This idea may be very simple, but requires great efforts because some developed countries have become so dependent on the combustion of hydrocarbons as an energy source. By limiting pollution such as sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and carbon dioxide, acids would not be able to form within the atmosphere to create acidic solutions. The cut-off of air pollution would also solve other environmental problems. The solution seems to be to turn to renewable sources quickly…

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    of carbon dioxide and other green house gases into the atmosphere over the last 100 years. Human activities such as deforestation, agricultural practices and industrial processes have emitted gases into the atmosphere. Humans extract and burn fossil fuels such as coal or petroleum that causes the release of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Another human-cause of climate change is clearing forests, it releases large amounts of carbon dioxide,…

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    Pollution is affecting all the effects of pollution in the environment. Phenomenon is considered infectious when she violates the ecological balance in certain areas or throughout the world. The term pollution usually refers to pollution resulting from human activity. The most shocking information I earned here in this course is that air pollution causes thousands of cases of premature death in Israel each year, and a much greater morbidity. I also learned that Air pollution contributes to…

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    Energy is one of the most important material sources for modern human survival. If there is no energy, our world will be drown in the endless darkness; if there is no energy, human beings cannot get over the cold winter, as well as hot summer; if there is no energy, all the modern vehicles will lose the source of power, human beings cannot move fast between different districts around the world. Therefore, the development and utilization of energy is under consideration by every country around…

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    This price volatility can be seen in the graph below. The graph below displays the price of sulfur dioxide and compares the prices with consumer prices and stock prices between the years 1994-2001. As you can see for yourself, the price of sulfur dioxide becomes very volatility compared to consumer prices and stock prices. Taking this into consideration, price volatility should be a factor when discussing climate change…

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    to balance the environment. Another effect on pollution on our forest is that the polluted air which the trees use to balance the air cycle will die of because of the harmful gases that are produced in the environment. As we know trees use carbon dioxide and in exchange produce oxygen which is useful to our existence as human and most of the living things require oxygen to…

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    Two main environmental concerns associated with the use of coal are pollution, caused by emissions of contaminants such as sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and mercury, which affects human and environmental health, and greenhouse gases that are emissions that contribute to global warming. Social problems include the social and health complications that arise from the effects of the use of coal and coal mining. The mining of coal occurs in many ways, but is almost always damaging to the…

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