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Students to Help West Chester Businesses Save Energy

PHILADELPHIA, PA — In a ceremony today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $149,992 grant to the West Chester Area School District for a project to help local businesses conserve energy, save money and cut harmful greenhouse gases. The District’s Student Conservation Corps, made up of high school students concerned about the environment, will [...]
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Oil And Petroleum Products

(Turn out the lights… the fossil fuel party’s over.) All of us depend upon oil. Almost everything we do involves oil. I am typing this message and you are reading it using products and energy that derive substantially from oil. Here are some numbers: world consumption in 2001: 77 million barrels per day out of [...]
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Energy & Global Warming Facts

Scientists predict that if global warming continues at its present rate, by 2030 there will be no more glaciers in Montana’s Glacier National Park. –National Wetlands Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey Forty percent of the country’s lakes and rivers are unsuitable for fishing or swimming. –U.S. Environmental Protection Agency If Americans unplugged their televisions when [...]
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Donate My Body To Science

I asked sidd, “If i were to donate my body to science, how much energy could be produced from my mass? E=mc^2?” Sidd replied: Heehee…. First take your weight in kilos 160lbs=160/2.2kg=72.3kg Then, put in c=3x10e8 meter/s = c^2=9x10e16 E=72.3x9x10e16 = 6.5e18 joule “How much is that,” I asked. Well, lets see. If we turned [...]
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Pennsylvania’s Energy Independence

by DEP Citing the urgent need to cut energy costs, move toward energy independence and stimulate the economy, Pennsylvania is investing $665.9 million to push PA into the top tier of states taking steps to cut consumer energy costs, and significantly expand the alternative fuel, clean energy and conservation sectors. The plan is estimated to [...]
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