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    the use of fossil fuel in history‚ people used to use coal as a main source energy. After the second half of the industrial revolution‚ people switched from coal to oil‚ and then natural gas. Nowadays‚ coal‚ oil‚ and natural gas are the three main energy resources. The exploitation rate never catches up to the consumer rate. There are three main reasons. First of all‚ as the population increases‚ more fossil fuels are in demand. Secondly‚ most developing countries use more fossil fuels in order to

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    atmosphere‚ “greenhouse” gases trap some of this heat‚ and the rest escapes into space. The more greenhouse gases are in the atmosphere‚ the more heat gets trapped. CAUSES OF GLOBAL WARMING. 1. Global Warming Cause: Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning power plants Our ever increasing addiction to electricity from coal burning power plants releases enormous amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. 40% of U.S. CO2 emissions come from electricity production‚ and burning coal accounts

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    activities for too long‚ resulting in contaminated water supplies‚ dangerous air pollution‚ destroyed streams‚ and devastated landscapes. Weak safeguards and inadequate oversight fail to protect our communities from harm by the rapid expansion of fossil fuel production using hydraulic fracturing or "fracking." Americans shouldn’t have to accept unsafe drinking water just because natural gas burns more cleanly than coal. Many companies don’t play by the rules that do exist and the industry has used

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    which are utilized heavily in packaging from areas such as product wrappers to food wrapping illustrate that versatile plastic is an essential part of our lives. However‚ with the threat of global warming on the horizon‚ as well as the depletion of fossil fuels used in the production of these plastics‚ there has been an outcry for a greener alternative to plastic. Hence‚ bioplastics have emerged as a promising option to replace conventional plastic packaging to mitigate our addiction to oil and lessen

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    Paragraphs Summaries Challenge 1: Should we let new immigrants into Canada? APA: Cassola..AUV.-Co-Author‚ A.‚ & Clydedale‚ J. (2016) Point: Immigration is Good for the Canadian Economy. Canadian Points Of View: Immigration‚ 2 http://web.a.ebscohost.com/pov/detail/detail/vid=15&sid=a1751bd8-966b-4212-87af-5fa903b29b4%40sessionmgr4005&hid=4 101&bdata=Jmxhbmc9ZW4tY2Emc2l0ZT1wb3YtY2Fu#AN=28674975&db=p3h Immigration has been a huge part of Canada since Confederation. Immigration has greatly helped

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    cannot stop global warming‚ according to a Providence Journal article. Sea levels will rise an average of three to six meters by 2100. Studies show that 839 square kilometers of the New England coastline will be submerged. Biodiesel is a renewable fuel produced from vegetable oils. Most biodiesel is made either from crops‚ recycled cooking oil‚ or animal fats. Among them‚ recycled cooking oil is the most effective resource to make biodiesel since it does not compete with food resources. Biodiesel

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    Name: Jiaoyang Zhang Course NO.: BUSML 4252 Assignment 1 1) Discuss your thoughts on what makes something “good” for society? Before we define something whether they are good for society or not‚ we should consider what a good society is. In thinking about the characteristics of a good society‚ different people tend to emphasize different things that they consider to be important. However‚ there might be some characteristics of a good society that nearly everyone would agree on and what factors

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    and at the same time‚ the declining availability of fossil fuel‚ many countries seek cheap‚ alternative ways to produce electricity for their people. As nuclear energy is cheap because of the large amount of uranium reserve on Earth and that it is also able to produce large amount of electricity‚ it has become the most likely solution to solving this issue. 3. The significance of the issue Nuclear energy has the potential to succeed fossil fuels as the main source of generating electricity. This

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    Table of Content Executive Summery Chapter # 1ABOUT GREEN HOUSE1.1: WHAT IS GREENHOUSE 1.2: HOW DOES GREEN HOUSE WORK | page23 | Chapter # 2: About GREEN HOUSE EFFECT2.1: what is green house effect2.2: causes of green house effect | 45‚6 | Chapter # 3:GRREN HOUSE EFFECT AND BANGLADESH3.1: Green house effect & Bangladesh3.2: Green house effect causing the global warming in Bangladesh3

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    States. Renewable energy is any energy that its source is naturally replenished‚ which is solar‚ wind‚ geothermal or hydroelectric action. There’s another type of source called fossil fuel which is coal‚ oil‚ or gas there are nonrenewable source. Fossil fuels provide energy at a lower cost than renewable energy‚ but fossil fuel is the largest source of carbon dioxide which allows radiative forcing and contributes for global warming and the fear that it can all run out. One of the most popular renewable

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