...will look at the phenomenon of renewable energy. Different states have set up programs to help firms allocate money to provide upgrades to their businesses in form of renewable energy. These state programs are only available to people who live in that particular state. The uprising of these state run programs help keep out international investors. The country of China is investing in the oil and energy market in the United States. This hurts the United States economy because it is taking money out of the American economy and putting it in China’s economy. During a financial crisis it is important to keep funds in the United States economy and not other countries. The United States manufacturing sector produces about 12 percent of the gross domestic product in the United States. The United States manufacturing plants produce 20 percent of the world manufacturing needs ( U.S. Department of Energy, n.d.). Manufacturing factories use a lot of energy. In the 21st century we are seeing a move to conserve energy by way of renewable energy. This move will not only save energy but save money spent on energy. The government of the United States has a good amount of renewable energy projects that they are working on in many of the states. These projects are only granted to people who live in that particular state. It is important that the United States manufacturing firms keeps investing and loaning money to their states to complete these energy projects. These projects will help cut international...
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...“Most human beings have an absolute and infinite capacity for taking things for granted.” (Aldous Huxley) Young adults take things for granted: basic things, simple things, everything. Wasting food, not realizing what freedom means, not valuing education, and using up any readily available resources, has become a part of the daily routine without anyone realizing it. A rising problem amongst our age bracket today is young adults take what they have for granted, not realizing the long term consequences of their actions. How often does one finish everything that is on his/her plate? Many consumers often order more than they can eat. One’s eyes are bigger than his/her stomach. People will order multiple appetizing items from menus assuming they can finish it. On the contrary, they will eat about half of what is served, leaving the rest behind. Frequently, restaurants serve larger portions than the average person can eat. The American attitude is wanting beyond what is needed, the “Super-Size effect.” If one were to take into consideration the amount of food that is wasted in this country versus the amount that is needed throughout the rest of the world, anyone with a right mind set can see that Americans waste food. In contrast, there are starving masses in other parts of the world such as in numerous third world countries. There are people dying from starvation and lack of nutrients because of the absence of a sufficient food source, while contemporary Americans are...
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...production and ever-increasing imports. By continuing to drill we are either saving money from importing oil from other countries. I do believe in solar power because that would promise a better recovery for America and also grant us more jobs. A pro of solar power is the ability to harness electricity in remote locations that are not linked to a national grid. Solar energy is renewable so you never have to worry that the sun will not produce light. As long as the sun shines there will be a source of energy. When you use solar energy you are self-sufficient, so you never have to link up to the main power grid. This means that you no longer have service charges or other charges associated with your home. Solar energy is always changing as more and more is being discovered. As stated earlier if we want a safe and healthy environment then we all need to find the best way to work together on a solution to where we save our planet as well as our money, such as using solar energy. The best way to meet energy needs in the United States is to create a solution that doesn’t include polluting the economy or wasting money on oil that is overseas in a different region that we as Americans don’t have any control, or claim, or ownership, or a reliable partnership on. I believe if we put more energy on the focus of our...
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...to own an SUV. He then goes on to explain logical or logos by explaining how in many situations SUVs are safer than normal cars, “However, if some drunken driver veers across the center divider- a situation I have no control over- I would prefer that my 9-year-old and I not be inside a Corolla.”(Muller & Wiener, 2009, pg. 155) Even though SUVs waste a lot more money on gas, in the event of an accident the chances of survival in an SUV would be much more than a small car. He then concludes the essay by explaining how he does know of other way to conserve energy, but the safety of him and his family is prioritized above buying a new heat and air-conditioning. Many car buyers are choosing to trade in cargo space for fuel by purchasing a smaller vehicle. “Did My Car Join Al Qaeda” by Woddy Hochswender is a very well written persuasive argument that powerfully portrays his point of view. U.S Energy Information Administration analyses the use of Americans gasoline, and in a recent study it shows that...
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...It was called “Summer Time” and it was designed to save fuel during WW1.There was a storm of opposition- local farmers and the general public hated the new time changes. In 1925- Parliament set beginning and end dates for summer time, and in WW2 actually put time 2 hours ahead of GMT “called double summer time”. Britain has observed standard time with Daylight savings time ever since. So much for public opinion-gardeners and farmers included. In America, every city had its own local times. However, railroads in America and Canada began using time “zones” to standardize their schedules. n 1918-Congress passed the Standard Time Act – based on the railroad standard times, and instituted Daylight savings time to conserve fuel during WW1.. After the war ended, daylight savings was repealed by Congress (a congressional override of President Wilson’s veto) in 1919 - because Daylight savings was so very unpopular with American...
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...Tax on Fracking? Tax on Fracking? Even though Fracking is harmful to the environment, and if Pennsylvania taxes fracking, the gas companies might take offense and leave Pennsylvania entirely to focus on other states, Candidate B's position on Fracking makes him the most qualified candidate to support in the election. By Taxing Fracking, it will lessen the budget cuts while simultaneously be creating more jobs for people by just simply existing in Pennsylvania, and by hydro-fracking it will also be cost-efficient and will help provide an increase in natural gases and fossil fuels as a whole. Candidate B’s statements that taxing fracking could help lessen the budget cuts is completely true when you look and study the facts that support his statement. Pennsylvania Gov. Corbett has made into effect so far only impact fees for fracking instead of severance taxes. Many of his critics so far have shown reliable information that clearly shows that by not taxing the gas companies, Pennsylvania is losing millions of dollars in revenue because there has been noticeable decreases in revenue per year, while there is a rise in production value each year as well. The statistics show that from 2011 to 2013 there was an increase in revenue, but with that increase, the production costs have increased as well which is leading to Corbett’s rebuttals on criticism that his impact fee system isn’t working. (http://articles.mcall.com/2014-02-22/news/mcpa-corbett-marcellus-shale-2...
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...disposed of improperly. Feces contain large quantities of fresh and soft texturized waste products. Waste is directly linked to human development, both technologically and socially. The compositions of different wastes have varied over time and location, with industrial development and innovation being directly linked to waste materials. An example of this includes plastics and nuclear technology. Some components of waste have economical value and can be recycled once correctly recovered. Zero Waste America defines waste as "a resource that is not safely recycled back into the environment or the marketplace." This definition takes into account the value of waste as a resource, as well as the threat unsafe recycling can present to the environment and public health. The word 'waste' and the act of 'wasting' are human inventions. Waste doesn't exist in nature. In nature, everything has a purpose. Waste was created by humans for short-term convenience and short-term profit. Wasting results in long-term harmful consequences for both humans, nature, and the economy. Where does your waste go? Landfill As you can see from the chart most rubbish in Britain goes to landfill. We used to call landfills dumps or pits. We try to use old sandpits, gravel pits, clay pits and quarries to bury our rubbish but these are being filled too quickly and we are running out of space. Another problem is that regulations now mean that new landfills have to be engineered to stop leachate (nasty liquids...
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...this, America’s economy is getting worse and worse. Taxes are going up and that doesn’t really seem to do anything or make a difference because Americans don’t want to spend more money on taxes. As of October 13th 2013, America’s debt has increased by 328 billion dollars in a single day surpassing 17 trillion dollars for the first time. Now, if America has so much time to somehow acquire money that can send astronauts up to space, it would be very considerate if they thought of using that money to get America out of this 17 trillion dollar predicament. Another point is that, money is better used to help the people of their own country have or live better lives. We know that us humans exist but we don't know if these so called "space creators" exist so why bother. If there are things out there they don't hurt us. We people in your country we are like family and you have to help family because family comes first Nowadays, Space and Government agencies have devoted more than hundreds of billions of dollars to space exploration. That money is also devoted to large companies to develop new prestigious models or ideas. Instead of wasting our time on this nonsense, we could: 1. Think about ending famine 2. Come up with ways on helping less economically developed country have access...
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... poverty and war; we should all unite to save our planet first. If we don't we are all in trouble at the same time. The scientist and the worldwide leaders have agreed that the climate change is caused by human activity, but yet we have done little to modify our environment. On the other hand the public has had enough about the climate change after having massive heat wave, snow, tropical storms, tsunamis and earthquakes. We all want to be part of this but it's often difficult to overcome modern life style therefore we need guiding. According to Al Gore' book, The United State is contributed more greenhouse gas pollution than South America, Africa the Middle East, Australia, Japan, and Asia (251). Because of this reason, it's time to admit that we are consuming more energy than the rest of the world. As technology grow so does our use of energy but we can all change and adapt a new way that is more friendly to our environment by reduction from more efficient use of electricity, increased vehicle...
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...staff pick up half-eaten plates of food that will inevitably be scraped into a trash can. This type of waste happens all over the world, from food spills in agriculture, distribution losses, and restaurant and supermarket waste. Even a waste of energy occurs in manufacturing when, “The largest amount of energy is consumed in industrialized...
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...Fad Diets: Positive or Negative? Keith Daugherty DeVry University Fad Diets: Positive or Negative? Chad, a middle aged man, goes to work every day of the week to provide for his wife and three children. He wants nothing more than to live a full and healthy life and to always be there for his family, just like his father was there for him and his mom, growing up. Chad attended his annual check-up with the family care provider that he has seen for many years. He has always felt fine and thought he was as healthy as can be. While Chad was with his family care provider, he was told that his cholesterol levels were high, that he has high blood pressure, and that he has an increased chance of experiencing a myocardial infarction, also known as a heart attack. His family care provider decided that Chad needed to lose some weight and start eating healthier in order to lower his blood pressure, lower his cholesterol levels, and decrease his chance of suffering a myocardial infarction. Chad agreed to make his doctor’s recommended lifestyle changes because he wanted to be there for his family no matter what the cost. After leaving his family care provider’s office and speaking with this wife about the bad news, he realized that he did not have a plan of action as to how he was going to lose the extra weight that was the source of his health problems. He didn’t know many things about eating healthier or maintaining a healthy lifestyle so he was unsure of where to begin. Later that...
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...Empire were formed after they entered the valley of Mexico and settled the center of Lake Texcoco. They built a great capital called Tenochtitlan and became their homeland. Tenochtitlan located about 7,500 feet above sea level between the Gulf of Mexico and North Pacific Ocean where it was the largest city in the world (Schmal).They created a great civilization in Central Mexico called The Aztec. The small city was built to hold population that approximately two fifty thousand people. The Aztec religion was established on the forces of nature and worshipped themselves to their gods. According to Aztec belief the human heart was the most precious gift that offered to the God. Their mission was to give the sun the human blood to have enough energy to fight cross the sky, and feed the earth with their bodies to have enough nutrition (Schmal). The god of war, Huitzilopochtli, was the most important deity. They had many other important gods, such as Tlaloc, the god of rain whom was scarified by children’s’ tears, Quetzalcoatl, the god of wind and of learning, and Tenochtitlan, the sun god whom was offered the kids’ heart. The Aztecs believed in order to appease these and many other gods that they needed to perform human sacrifices (Evans 2008, p.451). According to (Crystalinks) website, twenty percent of Aztec population was dedicated to agriculture while eighty percent were warriors. That explains why Tenochtitlan had the most powerful military at the time. That power came from training...
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...Local and Surrounding Ecologies and Environments of Virginia Introduction to Physical Science, SCI110 December 13, 2012 The Virginia Ecologies and Environments Ecology, as defined by Enger, Ross, & Tillery (2009), is “the branch of biology that studies the relationships between organisms and their environments”. Accordingly, the term environment is very broadly defined as “anything that affects an organism during its lifetime” (Enger, Ross, & Tillery, 2009). With these definitions in mind, it is easy to understand that organisms rely on their environments for sustainment and life. On the flip side, environments rely on organisms as well for survival. The factors that affect a living organism in any given environment can, in turn, be classified as either biotic or abiotic. Biotic factors are other living things that may affect a particular organism, for example predators. In contrast, abiotic factors are nonliving things that affect a particular organism, such as a drought or excessive rain. In reviewing the local ecology and environment of the Commonwealth of Virginia, we must first determine the region’s biome. A biome is the classification of a terrestrial community, primarily determined by climatic factors, such as precipitation patterns and temperature ranges (Enger, Ross, & Tillery, 2009). A biome also provides an indication of the type of plant life and animals that may be present within a particular region. The relationship is interdependent...
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...The people in the west take advantage of the water that is made available to them. We forget that we live in an arid desert environment and water is one of the hardest things to obtain. If the western states are going to avoid going into a drought they are going to have to find an effective solution to conserving water. Some ways the west can do that would be to: create pipelines to other states to lower amount of water being evaporated, using water more efficiently, using less energy, and creating new ways to store water. First off, Lake Powell is a major water source for states like: Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, California, and even Mexico. California, Arizona, and Nevada alone get 7,500,000 acres of water a year. In Glen Canyon Institute’s “Lake Powell Reservoir: A Failed Solution” Lake Powell reservoir was justified to Congress in the 1950s as the perfect solution to water supply uncertainty in the growing southwest...
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...KAMILLE KLAIRE CARLOS Reflection: Inconvenient Truth AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH is a documentary, an instrument of public education and talks about the problem of global warming in the earth and inspires people to take action to save the earth. This documentary centers on Al Gore, and his campaign to make global warming a recognized problem worldwide. Gore combines objective scientific evidence, humor and personal insights to create a powerful exploration of what he clearly believes is the most critical issue of this or any other time in human history. The beginning of the documentary introduces Al Gore’s presentation on climate change, which consists of a research based on historical data and scientific studies that certify the existing danger of global warming. As a way of steering its audience’s attention on this subject, Gore exposes several impressive images of the Earth; photographs that were taken during important space missions. In addition to this, the Planet’s beauty and fragility is revealed and the former vice president claims that these photographs have provided people with a different perspective regarding the issue of preserving the nature by developing an environmental oriented behavior. Moreover, throughout the film, one can notice glimpses of political philosophy, as well as reflections from Gore’s childhood and excerpts that represented major periods of challenge and change from his life. I consider these glimpses as being relevant evidences of Gore’s...
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