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= About Me: =

= Uses of the Allegheny Forest = = = = Background Information on the Forest =
 * Used for hunting & fishing
 * Used for camping & boating
 * Used for swimming & sight seeing
 * Used for hiking & picnics

Approx. Size: 512,998 Acres
Water pollution Act. A

Around home : Punxsutawney, Pa Punxsy Boro Mun Auth. Violations: 2

Away from home: Webb Creek UD STP

= Facts: = More then one quarter of carbon dioxcide comes from transportation.

New York has the larges t hybrid bus transportations.

Using more recyclable material means using less energy ; we can make a change.


 * Jeep Liberty & Dodge Stratus **

__Facts for Jeep Liberty__: Stock: Town: 15 Highway: 21 __Upsides__: larger vehicle & four wheel driven & heavy weight __Downsides__: the bigger the vehicle or tires the less gas mileage & the more you use the four wheel drive the less gas mileage.

__Facts for Dodge Stratus__: Stock: Town: 20 Highway: 27 __Upsides__: smaller vehicle & light on weight __Downsides__: hard to drive in the winter & cant haul heavy things.

Results: The Dodge Stratus has better fuel economy then the Jeep Liberty because it is lighter on weight & it’s a smaller vehicle.

** Oil is more than energy ** How is oil production/distribution as well as political and economic issues related?

Write 5 statements that are concerns expressed in this article.

· The United States imported 4 million barrels of oil a day or 1.5 billion barrels per year. · The United States [|holds less than 2 percent of the world’s oil reserves]. · Yet the United States [|holds less than 2 percent of the world’s oil reserves]. · Without reducing our [|dependence on oil] we’ll be forced to increasingly look to more antagonistic and volatile countries that pose direct threats to our national security. · Different places thatsell gas are making huge different amounts of money.

What do you think? Research more information if needed to back up your statements. I think off shore drilling is bad because we have to go in other countries to get our oil.

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= Essay topics: = 1. How electric is used in one classroom & how to limit it? (most teachers leave the lights on in the rooms when not in it, when we did our energy audit) (when we did the energy audit most teachers had all the lights on with the blinds open, if its sunny we only need the blinds open) (when we did the energy audit all the teachers blinds were open but the lights were also on) (in the energy audit when we went to the rooms the lights were off) (as going threw the rooms non of the tvs were on) (the projectors were all off) (the printers were all on & the teachers with lab tops in the room the other printer was on also) (In the computer lab all the computers were plugged in all the time according to the teachers)
 * when the classroom is not in use the lights need to be off
 * when its really sun out limit the amount of lights on
 * open the blinds
 * when on the lab tops the lights don't need to be on
 * turn off tv when not in use
 * when the projector is not in use turn it off
 * when the printer is not in use turn it off & only have one per room
 * charge the computers only when they really need charged

2. How long after school hours are the lights on? 3. What more can we do to use less energy in our school?

= Rough Draft Essay: = For the last couple weeks my eleventh grade science for living class has been doing energy audit observations. We went to all the rooms in the school and completed a survey with some of the teachers help. The survey was to see how many lights were in the room, if the windows were open or closed, and to see what all was using electric which is using so much energy. There were very many things that came to my attention. The thing that really caught my eye was the amount of lighting in the room that is being used. The amount of light used in each room was a lot. I think we should have to limit the amount of electric in the rooms. When we did the energy audit we took the amount of lighting in each room and seen how many were on and how many were off. You can see this information on the link http://thinkenergy.wikispaces.com/Energy+audit. We can resolve this problem by

= Final Draft Essay: =

For the last couple weeks my eleventh grade science for living class has been doing energy audit observations. We went to all the rooms in the school and completed a survey with some of the teachers help. The survey was to see how many lights were in the room, if the windows were open or closed, and to see what all was using electric which is using so much energy. There were very many things that came to my attention. The thing that really caught my eye was the amount of lighting in the room that is being used. The amount of light used in each room was a lot. I think we should have to limit the amount of electric in the rooms. When we did the energy audit we took the amount of lighting in each room and seen how many were on and how many were off. You can see this information on the link http://thinkenergy.wikispaces.com/Energy+audit. We can resolve this problem by turning the lights off when not in need. The classrooms could limit the amount of electronics plugged in they are not in use. Another thing we may do is change the light bulbs to energy efficient ones. We can also have certain rooms that can charge the lab tops but only when they need it. Overall by making these changes this will limit the amounts of electric used in the school which means limiting the electric will will help with the bills that come into the school. In researches that I have done I’ve noticed many other schools have took lighting into consideration. With the following link you can see what schools have done the changing and what it helped them with. http://www.wbdg.org/resources/efficientlighting.php

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My focus on the overall view of the land is that we should limit the way we use the land. I think we are putting to many not needed items such as too many shopping places, banks, etc. We should be using the land for crops and other things that we need in the future to help us. By limiting the amount of land we use will help us in the future by giving us the food we need to survive, giving the animals a home to live, and also having land to do other important things we need to do to help us live a healthy live without running out of space/land. ======

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