http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/us/15water.html
My article is titled, "Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly," written by CHarles Duhigg. It talks about how in Washington they were experiencing a problem; they can't deliver water. Because of the rain storms, every day a pipe is breaking causing untreated sewage to flow into the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers. Studies indicate that the sewage systems are too old to function because som were built around the same time as the Civil War. People pay almost nothing for water, when it really holds a lot more value.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Current Event 2/15/12
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hydrogen-house
My article this week is called, "Inside the Solar-Hydrogen House: No More Power Bills--Ever" by David Biello. It is about how a 51 year old man, Mike Strizki, has not paid an electric, oil or gas bill in two full years using the fuel from the system he built in his own garage, consisting of photovoltaic (PV) panels to turn sunlight into electricity that is harnessed in turn to extract hydrogen from tap water. The total cost of the device was $500,000. Although this is more than what oil and water bills would ever add up to, Mike Strizki says that it is priceless as to what it does buy-not ever paying another heating or electric bill again and most importantly helping the environment and non contributing to pollution.
Here is a link to pictures of the house and inside of the garage:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/slideshow.cfm?id=hydrogen-house
My article this week is called, "Inside the Solar-Hydrogen House: No More Power Bills--Ever" by David Biello. It is about how a 51 year old man, Mike Strizki, has not paid an electric, oil or gas bill in two full years using the fuel from the system he built in his own garage, consisting of photovoltaic (PV) panels to turn sunlight into electricity that is harnessed in turn to extract hydrogen from tap water. The total cost of the device was $500,000. Although this is more than what oil and water bills would ever add up to, Mike Strizki says that it is priceless as to what it does buy-not ever paying another heating or electric bill again and most importantly helping the environment and non contributing to pollution.
Here is a link to pictures of the house and inside of the garage:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/slideshow.cfm?id=hydrogen-house
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Current Event 2/8/12
http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-nuclear-energy
I was looking for an article about nuclear power and instead of an article I found this list of 11 interesting facts about nuclear energy. I thought that all of the facts were very interesting, especially the 2nd one. For some reason, I always thought that there were way more than 400 nuclear power plants worldwide. With these nuclear plants, over 2,000 tons of radioactive waste is produced. Here the 11 facts:
Nuclear power plants produce about 20 percent of America's power.
There are over 400 nuclear power plants worldwide.
While nuclear energy produces less waste than fossil fuels, its radioactive waste must be stored in special containers and buried beneath the earth's surface, typically in a mountain, until it is no longer hazardous.
Almost 3 million Americans live within 10 miles of an operating nuclear power plant.
Nuclear energy comes from uranium, a nonrenewable resource that must be mined.
In 2009, America produced 798.7 billion kilowatts of nuclear energy, more than twice that of any other country and over 30% of all the nuclear energy generated worldwide that year.
Nuclear power plants use nuclear fission (the process of splitting of an atom in two). Nuclear fusion (the process of combining atoms into one) has the potential to be safer energy because it is produced at a much lower temperature. However, nuclear fusion technology has not yet been developed to operate within a large power plant.
Every 18 to 24 months, a power plant must shut down to remove its spent uranium fuel, which has become radioactive waste.
United States power plants produce 2,000 metric tons of radioactive waste every year.
In 2008, nuclear power replaced an estimated 690 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere.
Nuclear power plants generate nearly three-fourths of America's clean-air energy.
I was looking for an article about nuclear power and instead of an article I found this list of 11 interesting facts about nuclear energy. I thought that all of the facts were very interesting, especially the 2nd one. For some reason, I always thought that there were way more than 400 nuclear power plants worldwide. With these nuclear plants, over 2,000 tons of radioactive waste is produced. Here the 11 facts:
Nuclear power plants produce about 20 percent of America's power.
There are over 400 nuclear power plants worldwide.
While nuclear energy produces less waste than fossil fuels, its radioactive waste must be stored in special containers and buried beneath the earth's surface, typically in a mountain, until it is no longer hazardous.
Almost 3 million Americans live within 10 miles of an operating nuclear power plant.
Nuclear energy comes from uranium, a nonrenewable resource that must be mined.
In 2009, America produced 798.7 billion kilowatts of nuclear energy, more than twice that of any other country and over 30% of all the nuclear energy generated worldwide that year.
Nuclear power plants use nuclear fission (the process of splitting of an atom in two). Nuclear fusion (the process of combining atoms into one) has the potential to be safer energy because it is produced at a much lower temperature. However, nuclear fusion technology has not yet been developed to operate within a large power plant.
Every 18 to 24 months, a power plant must shut down to remove its spent uranium fuel, which has become radioactive waste.
United States power plants produce 2,000 metric tons of radioactive waste every year.
In 2008, nuclear power replaced an estimated 690 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere.
Nuclear power plants generate nearly three-fourths of America's clean-air energy.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Current Event 2/1/12
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/less-than-50-years-of-oil-left-hsbc-warns/
My article is called "Less Than 50 Years Of Oil Left, HSBC Warns", by JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF. The title of this article itself is a huge wake up call-there are only 50 years until there is no oil left. Developing countries like CHina are estimated to put about 1 billion more cars on the road by mid-century. Karen Ward believes that this is a tremendous amount of pressure put on oil to power all of these resources. People are taking advantage of the amount of oil there is right now, but soon enough, it will all be gone and no one will be prepared for the outcome.
My article is called "Less Than 50 Years Of Oil Left, HSBC Warns", by JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF. The title of this article itself is a huge wake up call-there are only 50 years until there is no oil left. Developing countries like CHina are estimated to put about 1 billion more cars on the road by mid-century. Karen Ward believes that this is a tremendous amount of pressure put on oil to power all of these resources. People are taking advantage of the amount of oil there is right now, but soon enough, it will all be gone and no one will be prepared for the outcome.
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