are many fundamental problems associated with this long distance. The effort and consumption related to the distance is highly disturbing. Long distance travel of food equates to consuming extremely high quantities of fossil fuels. As per CUESA, today, we put almost 10 kcal of fossil fuel energy into our food system for every 1
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Energy crisis in Pakistan By Introduction of Energy Crisis in Pakistan:- Energy resources are the backbone of social economic development of any country. It is essential for the production and making of goods and other things like cotton sheets which contributes a lot of revenue in the budget of Pakistan. Energy is essential for running machinery in industrial facilities, industrial devices, lightening the cities and running the system of transport. Now a day there has been a massive
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INTRODUCTION Given the current energy crisis that our country is currently facing, the researchers attempted to make an effective, hassle-free, noise-free and portable Solar powered charger which could be used to charge mobile phones and will be as efficient as an ordinary wall phone changer. Solar energy has been proven to be a good alternative source of energy by many and has been an eco-friendly energy source. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Mobile phones are currently the most popular form of gadget
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Hydraulic Fracturing Does More Bad than Good Oil is a very important asset in life today. Everyone needs oil for one thing or another, especially transportation. Generally, the United States imports most of its oil from foreign countries for American use, however, in order to limit how much America relies on foreign oil, hydraulic fracturing is used. Hydraulic fracturing sounds like it would solve a lot of problems for the United States. Having a supply of oil for its own citizens rather than importing
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Global Over Population Introduction Global population has soared past 7 billion. Every second of every day, our global population grows by three people. In 2010 the average person lived 69 years, whereas in 1960 the average life expectancy was 51. Each year there are more than 1.43 million unplanned births in the U.S. At the current rate, the population of the least-developed countries will double in the next 31 years. Today about 783 million people lack access to improved drinking water:
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Hydroelectric Power Conventional Water wheel - Mechanical power Sawing, grinding How does it work? The leading source of renewable energy - Inexpensive Efficient More than 90% of energy can be converted to electricity Fossil fuel < 50% In the US , 81% of the electricity produced by renewable sources comes from hydropower. Biomass energy - What is it? Biomass Energy - How does it work? Biomass Energy - Virgin wood Energy crops Agricultural residues
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Define and provide an example for the following types of resources: Nonrenewable- A nonrenewable resource is a resource of economic value that cannot be readily replaced by natural means on a level equal to its consumption. For example, most fossil fuels, such as oil, natural gas and coal are considered nonrenewable resources in that their use is not sustainable because their formation takes billions of years. Renewable- A renewable resource is a resource which is replaced naturally and
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the Porcupine caribou. eliminate U.S. need for foreign oil. prevent terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. be sold on the world market. 7. The following types of energy sources are fossil fuels, except: coal. biomass. natural gas. oil. 8. Use of renewable energy, as compared with the use of fossil fuels, results in all of the following, except: lower emissions of greenhouse gases. reliable energy
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Energy Our modern industrial civilization is based mostly on using fossil fuels for power plants to produce electricity and to fuel vehicles for transportation. Oil, which is the most precious and efficient source of energy, has already started to be exhausted due to heavy overpopulation, industrial demands, and scarcity of resources. The oil crisis in 1970 caused scientists all over the world to look for substitutes to fossil fuels to avoid economic and industrial collapses. Experts in the field
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the creation of new harmful and deadly diseases. These are all occurring because of the increase of greenhouse gases specially carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to our actions. If we continue these actions (burning of garbage like plastics and fossil fuels, usage of fuel-powered vehicles, running of factories, etc.), our earth will suffer greatly. We will experience drought and water shortage. Temperature will increase day by day. These are just some. All of us will suffer from the consequences
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