ChrisB

=toc About Me=

Hi. My name is Chris. I drive a 1983 Camaro. I work at a motorcycle shop after school and during the summer. I also enjoy hanging out with my friends and sleeping. Picture by

=Land Stand Survey Results:= The overall focus on the land I believe should be on agriculture. Agriculture has so many important qualities. It provides plants for medicines, many types of food, and it also provides many jobs. Its getting harder and harder to use the land due to high taxes and population increasing. Its very important that we take care of the land and use it for importance other than putting in a new Wall-Mart or something useless like that.

=Activity B=

An example of nonpoint source pollution can be found here: Litter and debris in water ways

Trash island -correctly dispose of hazardous cleaning materials - dispose of drugs correctly -use non-toxic materials if possible -recycle trash, garbage and plastic -conserve water, fix leaky plumbing =Activity A=
 * 1) Why is this a problem? How did it happen? Birds are dying because they are eating the trash. People dumped unknowingly realizing the consequences
 * 2) How is human health, aquatic organisms, and other organisms affected? Give an example of organisms affected and the problems it is causing. Everything is affected because the drinking water is polluted and not healthy for the living organisms.
 * 3) What steps do you think need to happen in order to stop this from becoming a larger problem?
 * 4) Our households are a major problem of pollution. Read the articles here and there. What should people do to reduce water pollution that affects all of our water?

1. What places did you look at and what were the pollution problems there?
PA- Meadville 24 violations US Bronze Foundry and Machine effluent violations, Plum boro 79 violations Mun Auth/Holidy Pk effluent, Johnstown 138 violations Ingleside STP effluent,Smethport International Waxes farmers 10 effluent, Bulger-14 violations Max ENV Tech effluent Kentucky- Horse Cave, Legrande Elm. School 1 Effluent Violations Connecticut- Southington, Southington Water Works, 10 effluent violations, Redding, Meadow Ridge 1 effluent violation Ohio- Baltic,Allied Baltic Rubber, 3 compliance schedule violators, Fairborn- Southdown Inc, 2 compliance schedule and 1 effluent Georgia- Greenville, City of Greenville, 65 effluent violations Hawaii-Honolulu, Waikiki Aquarium, 4 effluent violations

2. Discuss in your group the various places you chose. What common pollutants/industries/problems exist among the area? You may need to discuss them as rural vs. city issues.
Common Pollutants- Compliance Schedule and Effluent Violations- Sewage and Waste Industries- Machine factories, Tire Places, Tourist and Attraction Facilities Problems- Pollution in driking water, Pollution in local streams and water ways.

3. Are these pollutants or problems point source or non-point source pollution problems?
Point source- People and companys purposely and knowingly that they are pumping pollution into the water

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- contains huge amounts of gas and oil - early years trees and vegetation cut for homes - hemlock bark used for tannin and making leather - used trees for furniture, paper - deer and predators were hunted for food - water recreation including fishing - water skiing, camping, hiking
 * Uses of the Allegheny Nation Forest**

-Day hiking -visit wilderness or primitive Area -Farm or agritcultural setting
 * Nature/Land based Act.**

-View/photograph natural scenery -visit nature scenes -sightseeing
 * Viewing/Learning**

-walking -family gathering -picknicking
 * Developed setting land Act.**

-Swimming in outdoor pool -swim in lakes and streams -visit a beach
 * Water based Act.**

-snow/ice based act. -downhill skiing -snomobiling
 * Snow/Ice based Act.**

=Car comparison=

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=Oil is more than Energy= 1. There a widening gap between oil imports and exports. More imports are coming in. 2. The U.S. spends around $1 billion dollars a day overseas on oil instead of spending the funds in the country. 3. Oil reliance from Iraq, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan and other foreign countries could have serious serious negative impacts for our national security, economy, and environment. 4. Because we sell so much oil, the U.S. is paying to finance and control unfriendly regimesl 5. We consume so much oil that is staring to contribute to another problem- climate change.

=Product from Petroleum: Speakers=

=Essay topics:=

1. Over Use of the Bathroom Lights -use motion censor lights -- CFL light bulb sucks 20 watts of power, equivalent output to 75 watts -use the light switches, turn on when you walk in and turn off when you walk out -only have half the lights turn on when the switch is triggered or motion sensor is detected - easy to install, may take 15 to 20 minutes to install Benifits of motion lights: -prevent wasted electricity by shutting off after a short period of time -by using less electricity, it takes less energy to make it- results in less fossil fuel burning Cost: - lights range from 10 to 150 bucks -pay for themselves in less than a year with the energy savings Sources: http://www.greeniacs.com/GreeniacsGuides/Install-a-Motion-Sensing-Light.html

2. Simple ways to keep Heat in the School. 3. Reasons for keeping windows and doors shut.

=Essay:=

One of the problems I have identified in this school is over use of the lights. One of the areas included are the bathrooms. Constantly, all through the day, almost every single bathroom light is left on. Really, we don't need that much electricity being used during the day.

A simple solution to the problem would be to install motion censor lights in the restrooms. The bulbs in those devices use 20 watts of power but they produce equivelent power to a 75 watt conventional bulb. Because they use less power, its more efficient for the environment. They are relatively cheap ranging from 10 to 150 dollars depending on the model.

From the data our classes collected, a majority of the restroom lights are left on all school hours. That's just simply a waste of energy. There is no need to leave all the lights on when no one is occupying the area. From six of our bathrooms in school, four of them had all of the lights on all day. Only 2 of them had no lights on when our classmates observed it.

Motion lights in the bathrooms really havet caught on yet. Its more of an idea as of right now. Yes other areas have used them for outside purposes but not in the bathrooms. I feel its a great idea to do it. In my opinion, it would definetly save the school a ton of money. Plus, it would be more environmently friendly due to reducing the need for more power. All in all, motion lights are a fairly good idea.

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