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https://www.energysage.com/energy-efficiency/101/ways-to-save-energy/
WAYS TO SAVE EVERGY :spider_web: :star: :star: :star: :star:
TURN OFF LIGHTS, and appliances you are not using
Use more energy efficient light bulbs like florescent bulbs
Use smart power strips
Install a programmable or smart thermostat
Reduce your water heating expenses
Install energy efficient windows
Weatherize your school
Purchase energy efficient appliances
Insulate your school walls
Renewable energy
http://businessfeed.sunpower.com/lists/7-types-of-renewable-commercial-energy
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Solar: What is it? The most direct use of this renewable energy source is achieved by capturing the sun’s energy directly using a type of panel.
Wind: What is it? Wind can be considered a form of solar energy because winds are caused by the uneven heating and cooling of the atmosphere by the sun (as well as the rotation of the earth and other topographical factors). Wind flow can be captured by turbines and converted into electricity. The main way to get energy from wind is windmills.
Hydro energy: Is created when water creates enough force or flows through a certain area and it turns a wheel causing energy to be produced
What is renewable energy: is energy that is generated from natural processes that are continuously replenished. This energy cannot be exhausted and is constantly renewed.
The production and use of renewable fuels has grown more quickly in recent years as a result of higher, prices for oil and natural gas, and a number of state and federal government incentives, including the Energy, Policy Acts of 2002 and 2005.
COOL FACTS
http://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/Interesting-Energy-Facts
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Sustainable energy is energy which can be replenished in a human lifetime and doesn’t cause long term damage to the environment.
One wind turbine can produce enough electricity to power up to 300 homes!
Everything around you is Energy. It can come in different forms – mechanical, thermal, radiant, electrical, chemical or nuclear.
75% of the energy we use comes from non-renewable energy such as oil, fossil fuels, coal, natural gas and nuclear energy
Oil is still the largest source of primary energy worldwide.
Non-renewable energy
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/non-renewable-energy/
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Coal: coal is a black or brownish rock. We burn coal to create energy. Coal is ranked depending on how much “carbonization” it has gone through. Carbonization is the process that ancient organisms undergo to become coal
Petroleum is a liquid fossil fuel. It is also called oil or crude oil. Petroleum is trapped by underground rock formations. In some places, oil bubbles right out of the ground.
Natural gas is another fossil fuel that is trapped underground in reservoirs. It is mostly made up of methane. You may have smelled methane before. The decomposing material in landfills also release methane, which smells like rotten eggs.
Non-renewable energy: A non-renewable resource is a resource that does not renew itself at a sufficient rate for sustainable economic extraction in meaningful human time-frames.
Most non-renewable energy sources are fossil fuels: coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Carbon is the main element in fossil fuels. For this reason, the time period that fossil fuels formed (about 360-300 million years ago) is called the Carboniferous Period.
Best types of energy
http://www.hortidaily.com/article/11458/US-What-is-the-most-efficient-source-of-electricity/
In any given area, electricity might come from a number of different sources, including oil, coal, gas, wind, hydropower and solar. Each has its own set of costs, both internal and external.
The true cost of electricity is difficult to pin down. That’s because a number of inputs comprise it: the cost of fuel itself, the cost of production, as well as the cost of dealing with the damage that fuel does to the environment.
Renewable energy
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/?page=renewable_home
Renewable energy is energy from sources that are naturally replenishing but flow-limited. They are virtually inexhaustible in duration but limited in the amount of energy that is available per unit of time.
Renewable energy plays an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Using renewable energy can reduce the use of fossil fuels, which are major sources of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions.
The consumption of biofuels and other nonhydroelectric renewable energy sources more than doubled from 2000 to 2017, mainly because of state and federal government requirements and incentives to use renewable energy. The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that U.S. renewable energy consumption will continue to increase through 2050.
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What is Energy?
Energy is what we use in a day to day life to power our necessities like our phone, cars, planes, and electricity
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The cost of renewable energy is now falling so fast that it should be a consistently cheaper source of electricity generation than traditional fossil fuels within just a few years, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dominicdudley/2018/01/13/renewable-energy-cost-effective-fossil-fuels-2020/#674131104ff2