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=__Save the world while helping yourself out__ = = = = THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT = The greenhouse effect is how when the earth gives off heat, the greenhouse gasses traps the heat given off, and sends it back down to the earth. These greenhouse gasses are the gasses of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. This is necessary for survival, because without it, the earth would get very cold during the night. With no gasses trapping heat, the heat from sunlight would go away when we get no sunlight.

GLOBAL WARMING: THE BIG PICTURE
==Global warming is the effect of too many greenhouse gasses going into the atmosphere. This causes the gasses to trap too much heat, and causing areas of the world to get gradually warmer every year. This also causes icebergs and glaciers to melt, which cause the sea level to rise. When the sea levels rise, then many cities around the world that are on the coast will get flooded by the ocean.== ==** GLOBAL WARMING: CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ** One big contributing factor is air travel. It is true that air travel puts large amounts of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, soot, and even water vapor directly into the atmosphere. Gasses like carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides are all greenhouse gasses, so when airplanes emit these gasses into the atmosphere, the world gets a little bit warmer because the gasses trap more heat. == == -Methane is another big contributing factor to global warming. Methane is mostly produced by cows. Every time a cow farts or goes bathroom, more methane is emitted into the atmosphere. Methane is a greenhouse gas and it contributes greatly towards global warming. == ==** GLOBAL WARMING: LOCAL EFFECTS ** - Global warming CAN affect us locally. When the sea level rises, there could be massive floods down by Cape Cod and Boston Harbor. This could flood through reading, if the sea level rises enough. If we don’t stop emitting gasses, places in our area will flood. ==

I am talking to a group of homeowners.
== - Carbon dioxide comprises 80 percent of all greenhouse gasses emitted in the United States by human activities. Most of it is created by burning fossil fuels. You can stop this from happening. One easy thing that you can do is turn off the lights, and unplug appliances that you are not using at the time. This causes you to save about half of the fossil fuels that you are using up currently. When burning fossil fuels, it releases a huge amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. ==  It is very important to turn off lights and unplug appliances. If every homeowner in the world cuts half of their fossil fuels, we will have our fossil fuels for twice as long. This can add up to a huge amount of oil saved. Also, cutting down half of your fossil fuels can save you a lot of money. Also, if you buy all fluorescent light bulbs, then that can cut down the amount of fossil fuels you burn up. Helping the environment while saving money is a great idea that everyone should follow. == If every single person cuts down on fossil fuels, then half of the fossil fuels are saved for other things. Fifteen percent of power use during peak summer periods in California goes to commercial air conditioners. California power plants can produce about 55,000 megawatts of power. Fifteen percent of that is a lot of power for one appliance. If you shut off the air conditioning, and just open up some windows, you can cut down on a lot of power. Also, turning off the lights can save a lot of birds. Turning lights off at McCormick Place reduced the number of dead birds by up to 88%, depending on lighting conditions and the location of windows. For all the days counted, 1,297 birds died from hitting lit windows while only 192 birds died from hitting unlit windows. A typical household in the U.S. spends approximately $1,400 each year on energy bills. If you're looking to get out of this statistic, you can adopt some very basic energy conservation measures to save 30%, or more than $400 each year. To do this, you just have to buy energy star fluorescent light bulbs.  ==

==I did all my research to decline the percentage of greenhouse gasses being emitted every day. Global warming is a very scary idea that can affect everybody. However, it can be stopped with some changes in people’s daily lives. Some contributing factors to global warming are methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide. ==

==Global warming causes sea levels to rise at coasts locally. To help stop global warming, people can turn off the lights behind them, and unplug appliances. This can save up to half of the fossil fuels you burn.==

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