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Energy Conservation

Energy is the resources that we are using something that will never run out? The answer to this is no. We are using mainly nonrenewable resources for our energy, and this means that given time they will run out. I would like to talk about energy conservation and what it can do for everyone. I think it is also important to talk about the effects that these nonrenewable resources have on the environment; and why that fact makes it that much more important that we change to cleaner renewable resources.
Problem Description
What is energy conservation anyways? Energy conservation is the practice of decreasing the quantity of energy used. It can be achieved by using what energy we have efficiently. The reason that is such a big topic these days is because of the problems at hand with the way we are dealing with energy. The energy we waste every day is one of the biggest factors to air pollution there is. Fourteen percent of the air pollution that is caused each year is just from the electricity from our homes alone. That is twice as much as transportation. Now on the other hand sixty percent of the air pollution caused each year in America is caused from the goods and services that we buy. This comes from the production and the delivery of these goods. This is only one of the problems though; the other is the fact that we are using nonrenewable resources, such as the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, natural gas and gasoline. With these nonrenewable resources given some time they will run out and in the mean time while we continue to use them we continue poison our planet with pollution. The poisons that I am talking about are thing such as nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxides, volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, lead and mercury. Every single one of these poisons are something that we willing put into our atmosphere every day and by doing this we are leaving our self’s open to health issues. The health concerns are as such; breathing...