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= __Saving The Earth's Resources: One Step at A Time__ = =THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT = = The greenhouse effect is the effect that that takes place in the atmosphere. This part of the atmosphere traps gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. The gases act like a blanket keeping most of the heat in so that at night, we don’t freeze to death. Also this helps to protect us from solar flares and other harmful radiation. This radiation would burn us to death and would eventuatally the planet would become totally parched and dry like Mars. = = = = = = = = =

GLOBAL WARMING: THE BIG PICTURE
Global warning is the gradual warming of the earth due to the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Global warming is caused by the large increase in greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. Many of the world’s major coastal cities such as New York and Shanghai could be swamped in the next 10-20 years. This may occur because global warming is causing the sea levels to rise dramatically; the increase in global temperature is causing the glaciers to melt therefore raising the ocean levels. The incresed sea levels could also wipeout the whole world's poulation of land dwelling animals bcause of flooding.

GLOBAL WARMING: CONTRIBUTING FACTORS Some contributing factors are cows and other farm animals. Animals such as pigs, cows and chickens produce a lot of methane in there natural waste disposal. Also most of the world’s vehicles are powered by fossil fuels, these are a valuable resource and won’t last for ever. Cars and other vehicles run engines they burn these fuels and when they burn these fuels produce carbon dioxide. This is a major factor in global warming because too much corbon dioxide flows into the atmosphere.  GLOBAL WARMING: LOCAL EFFECTS Some effects local of global warming are greenhouse gases produced by cars. This is a problem almost everywhere in the world. In our town a lot of people drive to school even thought they live within walking distance of the school. Also at school we leave the lights on in the hallway when most of the time people aren’t in them. At my school we also use way to much paper and this is a major waste of a natural resourse that could be better amnaged by useing computers in most clases.  WHAT YOUR AUDIENCE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY: One specific area of focus My audience is the world’s car making factories. The whole world needs to learn about how we could use methane, alcohol and or increase our ethanol fuel uses instead of fossil fuels which would cut down on the wasting of the valuable natural resource, oil. This would in the end save a lot of money. If we used ethanol you would just need to grow an acre of corn to go 5,000 mile in a car that only gets 17miles per gallon. Even though it would take a lot of work to the people of America and the rest of the world can make there own alcohol fuel. This would save people a lot of money. A great website to visit for more information is []. If the automakers of America made cars that ran on ethanol it would also help our farming population because ethanol is made mainly from corn. Ethanol is also called grain alcohol. This means that some alcohol fuels are considered ethanol.

A SUMMARY OF YOUR RESEARCH I decided that there is so much people can do to save on gas and save the environment and it only takes a little sacrifice of your time at the gas station. I knew that there were many alternative fuels that have been developed; I wanted to find the cheapest and most effective fuels. Also I wanted to try to convince some automakers and consumers that there are ways to go green that won’t be too costly. Ethanol and alcohol fuels can be made at home and therefore it saves you the tip to the gas station and you don’t have to deal with the fluctuation of gas prices. Ethanol is a broad name for a wide range of alternative fuels. If the world switched to alternative fuels like alcohol and Ethanol fuels we could save many resources and also save a lot of money media type="youtube" key="hD6vOjSEDzc" height="344" width="425"

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