ENVICP

= = =THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT= = The Greenhouse effect is the gasses in the atmosphere that trap heat from the sun. During the day when the sun is shining and heats the planet at night it is still warm during the summer because the heat does not escape into space, instead the gases from the green house effect trap the heat. The gasses from the green house effect are water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane. =

GLOBAL WARMING: THE BIG PICTURE
= Global warming is the rise in temperature that the earth is experiencing. This is because the Gasses in the atmosphere, water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane are becoming more present. These gasses trap the heat so heat doesn’t escape into space. Without them our temperatures would be about 60 degrees F less. Now we have too many of them so less heat escape which means more heat stays on the earth causing temperatures to rise. = Cars and trucks burn fossil fuels which release CO2 or carbon dioxide. Electricity burns CO2 also to create the electricity. Years ago trains used to burn coal which also releases CO2. Now trains are very fuel efficient. Cows are the world’s biggest polluter. Cows release methane. A cow releases about 176 lbs of methane per year multiply this by 1.53 billion cows and you get 26,928,000,000 lbs of methane per year from cows! Cows also live to be about 20 years old. media type="youtube" key="8xopoWF98y4" height="344" width="425" (Watch this simulation of New York City, NY. Notice how the water level rises and floods the streets of New York. Every 15 seconds of video you watch represents 25 years. Thee total span of this video is 100 years. By the end of 100 years most of New York will be under over 20 feet of water if we don't make a change now.
 * GLOBAL WARMING: CONTRIBUTING FACTORS **
 * GLOBAL WARMING: LOCAL EFFECTS **
 * Over the course of 100 years the sea level will rise approximately 23.6”. This will cover most of Boston’s land area. This will mean that the sky scrapers wi8ll be in the water. Also because hurricanes form in warm water hurricanes will be more frequent and more powerful all over the world. Everyone that lived in Boston would have to move more inland and the suburbs would all get extremely crowded. People that work in Boston would lose their jobs and there would not be enough inland. Therefore with everyone that works on the coast all over the country would lose their job and not spend money putting our country into a recession. **

** WHAT YOUR AUDIENCE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY: One specific area of focus ** Ship items by CSX train instead of by truck. Trains cost $5000 to ship a car load of product. To ship a truck full of product it would cost around the same. The difference is that the train cars are bigger that the truck trailers there fore shipping more products for less cost. Or you could buy your own truck. It is extremely expensive for the truck alone. The trailer would cast an extra $20000. Plus you would have to pay for fuel. The average fuel economy of a big rig is 6 mpg highway. This train gets 436 mpg. This means that it releases less emissions into the atmosphere and conserves oil because we all know it is going to run out, but did you know it may run out by the year 2050. Also imagine how much that can save in fuel prices. Practically every city in the country and some in Mexico and Canada have stations were this train can stop. Trains move faster that trucks making them more efficient. (Notice in this picture how long this train goes. There is 20 plus cars on this train! That is more that 15 truck loads!) (This is a CSX train. Shipping cargo by this train will save money and time.) ** A SUMMARY OF YOUR RESEARCH ** The gasses in the atmosphere are growing causing the earth to heat up. This will melt the polar ice caps cause in every city on the cost to by under water within only 100 years. Fossil fuels will run out within the next 50 years which means trucks will not be able to run. How will anyone ship anything then with all the major cities under water and tucks not having any fuel source? If you switch to shipping by CSX train then there will be fuel for 500 more years. (This CSX locomotive has a 2400 horse power engine. Combine the two locomotives that are pulling this giant load that is 4800 horse power at 218 combined miles per gallon.)

** BIBLIOGRAPHY ** "Climate Change." __EPA.__ 10/23/06. 6/2/09 []

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