* Bituminous coal (sedimentary rock) * Anthracite (highest quality- metamorphic rock) Coal Reserves * The most abundant fossil fuel in the world * The United States has 25% of the world’s coal reserves * Coal reserves could last about 200 years at the present consumption levels. * Reserves could last upwards of 1000 years if new technology allows us to dig deeper and much more affordably. Coal Two Basic types of Coal Mining: 1) Subsurface mining - 40% of coal mining
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Name: Denise O Yah Wei ID : SCSJ-0010581 Speech Outline Specific Purpose: To persuade people to join Earth Hour. Central Ideas : The purpose of Earth Hour‚ impact of Earth Hour‚ and how to participate in Earth Hour. A. Introduction 1. Earth Hour is the world’s largest sustainability movement‚ held on the last Saturday of every March. By asking people to switch off their lights for an hour‚ it allows individuals across the globe to take a united stand against climate change. And
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Running head: Earth-Like Planets Earth-Like Planets T. Nailor Miller-Motte College Online Critical Thinking – GS235 Dr. Marshall Lloyd Earth-Like Planets Introduction Do you believe that there is life on other planets? Better yet‚ do you believe that there is another planet that looks like earth? As far as I can remember‚ there has always been the question of “is there life in outer space? I remember being in grade school wondering if there were humans or aliens on other planets and if they were
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foreseeable future‚ this planet is the only home we’ve got. It would be useful to know‚ then‚ whether it will continue to be habitable. Sometimes contemplating the future just means wondering whether it will snow tomorrow‚ or whether it will be a hot summer this year. We can think bigger‚ though. What will the climate be like a hundred years from now‚ or a thousand or a million? Will the greenhouse gases in our atmosphere ever reach an upper limit and start to diminish? Will our planet ultimately end up
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Week 4 Assignment 1 Angel Vance REL 212 Laila Khalid Ghauri This week’s assignment is about religious life on planet earth. There are many different types of religion all over the world‚ and people are always free to pick what religion that they want to join or follow. There is never any one specific kind of religion that everyone follows. Religion can be found all over the place‚ and can be seen in things that people do every day. Some religions chant‚ some pray‚ and some have rituals that
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change which has created the face of the Earth‚ with all its rugged and Fascinating variety usually happens too slowly to be noticed. But occasionally it is rapid and Violent. Volcanoes disgorge molten lava‚ earthquakes rip open the landscape‚ landslides‚ carry away Whole mountainsides. Then human beings become aware of the awesome forces that are shaping Their planet. These forces are fuelled by three powerful sources of energy - heat from within the Earth‚ heat from the Sun‚ and the force of gravity
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SAVE PLANET EARTH Introduction: Why are some people just thinking with their money and not with theirs heart? How could you throw your batteries‚ glass bottles‚ chemicals in the nature and think that they will disappear without consequences. I see it every day‚ do not you? We have to save the earth before it’s too late. First of all take care of the nature is a good thing for everyone. Everyone wants to have a good life‚ how could you want it if you not taking care of the world you should
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Humanities video summary The video "Earth: The power of the planet" is about the lithosphere system in Earth. It contains a few main ideas. They are the origin of Earth‚ the core below Earth‚ movement of Teutonic plates‚ geographical environment. The idea of a lithosphere system is divided into three parts‚ inputs‚ processes and outputs. The input is the ideas‚ information and the resources of the system. The main core of the system is the Earth’s inner core which contained radioactive minerals
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For many centuries humans have lived on planet Earth and being environmentally friendly is the least we can do. Earth must cope with various problems due to the constant change of society and it is unfortunate to say that it is us who has created the troubles. It is important that Earth stays healthy and we can always do our part to protect planet Earth. “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” So goes the ancient Native American’s saying‚ a phrase that
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Our planet is in great danger. For the last one hundred or so years‚ the people of earth have wasted and misused the natural recourses of earth. Several plans have been developed to stop the abuse of earth. Some of these plans I will discuss in this essay‚ many of which can be executed by any one. Environmental problems have become so complex that many individuals feel they can have no effect on them. Problems like oil spills‚ hazardous waste‚ loss of rain forests‚ endangered species‚ acid rain‚
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