Sustainable Energy
Solar:
.1% of the electricity in US produced through solar panels.
Environmental Science
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Conventional Energy
History of Energy Use in United States- in order of supremacy.
Laws
-Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act of 1947 (FIFRA): regulates the manufacture and use of pesticides
Economics
Ecological Economics
Solid, Toxic, and Hazardous Waste
Most common = least desirable
USA makes 33% world's waste
The three R's: reduce reuse recycle
Water Pollution
A Flood of Pigs
Water
~Water- essential for all living processes: dissolves nutrients and distributes them to cells, regulates body temperature, supports structures, and removes waste products; 60% of our body is water
Air Pollution
compounds.
-air pollution is the most widespread environmental damage.
-147 million metric tons of air pollution released each year by the US.
Air
Weather is the day to day fluctuations in the atmosphere while Climate describes temperature and humidity changes over long periods of time.
Pests
Persistence and Mobility in the Environment
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