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Energy Efficiency

Background Information: Our world is dependent on using energy sources. There has been major concern of the world "running out" of these sources. It is very important that we use our energy efficiently. The three forms of using energy efficiently are: curtailment, overhaul, and adujusting to energy costs. media type="youtube" key="QG3HNQiEaTM" height="344" width="425"  **Curtailment**

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Curtailment which is one of the three f orms of being energy efficient, is the process of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. This can be accomplished by closing factories which can drastically reduce our power consumption as well as our greenhouse gas emissions. Factories use so much energy that they are responsible for 33% of the 76% of carbon dioxide in our Earth's atmosphere. Another way of using curtailment to its full potential is by reducing our travel on planes, cars, buses, trucks and any other source of carbon emitting transportation devices. The millions of cars on the Earth's surface are responsible for 22% of our carbon emissions. When these two culprits are combined they produce 55% of carbon emissions which could be drastically decreased with the simple notions of factory closures and travel reduction. =====

=Overhaul= Overhaul is changing the way people live their everyday lives. People constantly waste valuable and copious levels of energy by forgetting things such as turning of household appliances. Doing everyday things like insulating houses, plugging appliances into power strips and turning those power strips off when leaving the house, using fluorescent light bulbs and even taking shorter showers can all help to decrease our energy waste.

media type="youtube" key="brB0yFfcmyw" height="344" width="425" =Adjustment to Energy Cost= In today's world adjusting to energy cost is one of the greatest concerns to society, especially as we move towards new technology for a better and greener future. Technology such as hybrid cars and solar panels are just a first in the ongoing search for energy efficient technology. Hybrid cars use the heat energy wasted during the braking process of a car, and transfer it to the battery of the car in order to charge it for the next time it accelerates. A similiar system is the CHP which reuses heat energy lost from factories. Solar panels on the other hand harness the energy of the ultraviolet rays of the sun to heat, thermal, or electrical energy. However the problem with panels is that they are only 15% efficient. People can also adjust to energy cost by insulating their houses to reduce heat use and turning the thermostat to 68 degrees when leaving the house. WIth all of this we can surely reduce or energy use. media type="youtube" key="uXLUoqzlT2k" height="344" width="425"

