... catastrophe; advertising deliberately avoids showing the environmental consequences of a consumer society. Take for instance the Volks Wagon ad. When you look at a car ad, you do not often find a paragraph or some sort of warning of the emissions the engines and exhausts of those cars produce. The ... rain can also contaminate drinking water, damage vegetation, and destroy sea life. These two pollutants are two of the most dangerous pollutants released through car exhaust. If these two pollutants were cut down just a little bit our planet would be a safer place to live. The fact that adv...

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... consume products wisely, global warming will sooner or later come to a complete stop. Eating less, driving less resulting in using less gas, car-pooling, and recycling are all some of McKibben's strategies of putting this to an end. In "Share the Ride," Lee Morrison expresses the importance of ... car-pooling. This student points out an advantage that car-pooling "would reduce car trips and thus reduce needless use of oil and pollution of the air" ( LB 96). Morrison suggests that by car-pooling, it will simply better the environment. He adds that it ... is one of the most difficult fir...

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... order to fix, or lessen the pollution problem associated with automobiles. A good solution would be the hybrid cars that we are seeing at the car dealerships. While they are not popular right now, they might become a necessity in the future. These cars cut down pollution by far and ... have many tricks that allow them to be so environmentally friendly. Most of the pollution associated with automobiles occurs when the car is idle. The chugging of the engine releases pollutants out of the exhaust into the atmosphere. With these hybrid cars, the engine is ... run by battery power while idl...

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... in order to fix, or lessen the pollution problem associated with automobiles. A good solution would be the hybrid cars that we are seeing at the car dealerships. While they are not popular right now, they might become a necessity in the future. These cars cut down pollution by far and have many ... tricks that allow them to be so environmentally friendly. Most of the pollution associated with automobiles occurs when the car is idle. The chugging of the engine releases pollutants out of the exhaust into the atmosphere. With these hybrid cars, the engine is run by ... battery power while ...

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... waste disposal" (What Can Be Done?"). But if nuclear power plants are too scary, maybe fuel cells will be safer to use. Fuel cells car not common, but some cars are starting to use fuel cells instead of burning gasoline. "Fuel cells generate electricity by splitting hydrogen atoms into electrons and ... that runs the vehicle's electric motor. Unused protons mix with oxygen, creating water vapor, so the exhaust from a fuel cell powered car is mostly water vapor. Fuel cells rely on a steady diet of hydrogen-rich material such as ethanol, methanol and liquid hydrogen. They generate enough ...

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... ). HAPS can cause serious health problems like cancer, birth defects, nervous system problems, and deaths that are all due to people accidentally letting them go into the air. House and car paint as well as the manufacturing of lead batteries, fishing lures, certain parts of bullets, some ceramic ware, water pipes, and fixtures, release lead. In young children, lead can cause ... Agra, India. There are many things we can do to reduce the problems of acid pollution. One major way is to reduce the amount of trips you take in your car. Another way that a lot of our pollution is caused is by...

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... , etc. Individual Action These are a few things that people could do themselves to reduce pollution and help preserve our environment:  Keep your vehicle in good condition or buy a new car. Cars built after 1994 emit much less pollution than older models because they have to have a catalytic converter fitted. Cars contribute about one-third of the emissions that cause ground ... -level ozone pollution.  Use a bicycle or walk to do errands or to commute to work rather than a car.  Bring your own bags to the supermarket; buy used goods; attempt to throw away nearly nothing.  Sav...

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... for our cars alone. To save on the carbon usage for travel by both cars I decided that we could cut down the driving to one vehicle, and perhaps set up a car pool between me and other moms for my son's football team. Not to mention we have big family and not only does one of our kids have an outside activity ... but all four. So setting up a car pool could save about 8,000lbs of co2 a year. Most households use both gas and electricity, but not my family, were primarily electricity users. Which I found that we use about 32 ... ...

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... garbage, use hair spray, spray deodorant, spray paint, flea spray, perfume, kitchen spray cleaner, bleach in your laundry, bleach in your hair, use a freezer, use an air conditioner in your car, use your fireplace, use bug spray, use lawn pesticides, ... Okay, this could go on forever. The fact is that the effects of the huge overuse of these items of luxury ... this 100 years ago. The reason for this is a little thing called Carbon Dioxide (CO2). The CO2 comes from fossil fuel burning (75%), land clearing & burning (25%), as well as car exhaust and coal burning. This stuff stays in the...

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... dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N20), and chlorofluorocarbons CFC-11." (2-453) The increase in these gases has caused global warming and it continues to rise today. Factory smoke stacks, car emissions, forests burning, and energy usage that burn fossil fuels produce the highest percentage of the gasses that harm the Earth and continue our warming trend. (5-1) For example, the United ... . They can teach kids in school about the dangers of wasting energy (seeing if there are even awake or paying attention), but they won't put higher standards on factory and car emissions. In ...

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... Folker Your walking alone in the woods one day and you realize it is about to rain soon. So you hurry as you try to make it back to your car before the rain comes, but as you are running you hear the little thumps on the leaves in the trees above you. Then you feel a sharp burning sensation on your ... our part to the fight. We must make more awareness of the problem and as citizens, to reduce sulfur and nitrogen emission we must reduce the use of fossil fuels. Car pools, public transportation, or walking can reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. Acid rain is a big problem. Not only does it ...

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... years people have been trying to find ways to cut down or slow the depletion of our protective ozone around the planet. Some of those ways have been: car pooling, only gas your car at certain times, no operation of this machine or that machine during the day, don't cut your lawn and so on and so forth. But the only true ... ...

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... oxide) NOx emissions from cars. The government should make rules and regulations and laws of reducing the use of fossil fuels, they should pass bills regarding at least 4 people in a car etc. Or discourage people from buying cars and vehicles by increasing tax rates on cars. 2. What individuals can do? Acid rain can best be curtailed by reducing the amount of ... etc. it would help raise the family budget too. You dont have to have Catalytic converters, if you use pool cars instead, you save the money of having your own car, it's expenses of petrol, keeping it clean etc. So basically, y...

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... caused death in many animal species and changed the life of many peoples. Now, thousands of years later, the earth is starting to heat up again. This may be from car exhaust, factory fumes and the cutting down of rain forests. This might cause many problems for our planet such as higher water levels that might eventually cover entire islands. Other ... of a tree. Trees take in CO2 and give out oxygen into the air. When people start cutting down and killing trees, the more we should worry about factory fumes, and car exhaust. When people cut down trees, they arent just stopping the produ...

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... take for granted or just haven't noticed it was there, The usage of copper is in increasing, in the 1970s a car was made up of 35 pounds of copper and today it has increased to about 50 - 90 pounds of copper in 1 car. The Gold Industry is also a big industry today, golds main uses are in coinage, jewellery, electronics, dentistry and decorative ... ...

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... be able to relieve traffic jams. If more people use buses and trams, it means diminishing the number of cars on the road. Thus, it will reduce the risk of car accidents as well. Not to mention the fact that, drivers should be required to use unleaded petrol instead of fuel. Then, finally, we should plant as many trees in the ... ...

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... green power, or you can modify your house to generate your own green power. As for traveling, take care of your vehicles and maintain them to reduce their emissions. Many car companies are making electric cars, and are making fuel cars more efficient. The best way to help is to spread awareness and make sure everyone in the community is doing ... ...

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... has recently been the first to be successful at refining this algal "green crude" into a high-octane gasoline chemically identical to conventional fuels, and capable of being used in any car made today with no engine modification. The project was stopped in 1996, when crude oil prices dropped, but has recently been revived. Investors are writing huge checks. Many see algae ... ...

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... and worrisome. Safer and less riskier solutions are available that could be put into effect without a large threat to the economy or the environment. Current technology has much to offer. "Car makers could dramatically increase the fuel economy of their cars and trucks" (www.sierraclub.com). The Sierra Club states that technology can turn the 19 mpg SUV into a 34 mpg ... ...

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... a new barrel. Longer barrels are more accurate, and prevent balls from breaking in the barrel. CP makes great barrels, or if you have a Model 98, buy a Flatline. Like "hooking up" a car there are many options to "trick out" your gun, and equipment. See your local Pro Shop, and visit online sites for advise and purchases. A good shop is Global Paintball in ... ...

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... the main cause of pollution from sulfuric and nitric oxides, there is only little that can be done. By buying energy efficient appliances, choosing to ride the bus instead of a car, or even adding insulation to a house are all ways to conserve energy (Encarta). If less fossil fuels are burned, less energy is used. Another way to help is to switch ... ...

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The greenhouse effect occurs when gases such as methane, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide and CFCs trap heat in the atmosphere by acting as a pane of glass in a car. The glass lets the sun light in to make heat but when the heat tries to get out the gases absorb the heat. Holding this heat in causes heat waves, ... ...

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... fifth of all the carbon dioxide that enters the atmosphere each year. Conserving energy means making changes in the way we live. It means walking or biking instead of taking a car. Or, if you must ride, taking the bus or some other form of public transportation whenever possible. Conserving energy means turning off the lights, TV, and stereo when you leave ... ...

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... fifth of all the carbon dioxide that enters the atmosphere each year. Conserving energy means making changes in the way we live. It means walking or biking instead of taking a car. Or, if you must ride, taking the bus or some other form of public transportation whenever possible. Conserving energy means turning off the lights, TV, and stereo when you leave ... ...

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... in New England. During one particularly acid summer storm, rain falling on a lime-green automobile leached away the yellow in the green paint, leaving blue raindrop shaped spots on the car. Scientists have found that pollution in the air from the burning of fossil fuels is the main cause of acid rain. The major chemicals in air that help to create ... ...

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