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Alternative Energy Sources Form Of Energy
1,449 wordsThe U. S. oil supply is rapidly diminishing. Alternative energy sources must be implemented because oil is a scarce and non-renewable resource. Each year the U. S. consumes 6. 2 billion barrels of oil, equivalent to 17 million barrels of oil each day (Coastal 67). The undiscovered U. S. OCS and gas resources combined with onshore reserves would amount to only 81. 5 billion barrels of oil, enough to last for 5000 days (Coastal 75). So the oil crisis is not entirely bad news, the U. S. still has t...
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Crude Oil Carbon Atoms
2,303 wordsThe Statistics and History of Crude Oil 4 The Statistics and History of Crude Oil A mixture of comparatively volatile liquid hydrocarbons (compounds composed mainly of hydrogen and carbon with some nitrogen, sulfur, and oxygen) that occurs in the Earth's crust and is extracted for use as fuel and various petroleum products, what is this? Crude oil. Because crude oil is a mixture of widely varying constituents and proportions, its physical properties also vary widely. Crude oil is first pumped up...
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Miles Per Gallon Supply And Demand
1,714 wordsHow does that happen? I stopped in the morning on the way in to work and filled up my gas tank for $ 1. 15 /gallon or roughly $ 13 a tank and then just ten hours later, the same gas station, the same grade of gas is $ 1. 10 /gallon! If I had only waited, I could have saved enough money to buy a candy bar or a can of pop for my much-needed afternoon sugar break! But, of course, it has worked the other way in the past. There have been plenty of times when I have waited until the afternoon to stop ...
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World Trade Center Religion Of Islam
1,295 wordsI am refuting my previous speech where I tried to persuade you that the United States didn't need to take military action against Iraq, because by doing so we would be imposing our value system upon them. I felt I needed to refute my previous speech, because It is important to understand the whole situation before drawing a conclusion. In 's speech he introduced the issue of terrorism. In his speech he argued that the Iraqi crisis wasn't about the United States trying to impose it's values upon ...
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First Persian Gulf War 1990 1991
1,563 wordsThe First Persian Gulf War between 1990 and 1991 was the most militarily efficient campaign in US history where comparatively few lives were lost. This war accomplished many goals, including that it secured the economic advantages for the Western World. It encouraged a free flow of natural resources, established the value of air power and superiority, and verified that a free alliance for justice will prevail over armed aggression. In the end, the United States goals were accomplished: Kuwait wa...
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Miles Per Gallon Supply And Demand
1,722 wordsHow does that happen? I stopped in the morning on the way in to work and filled up my gas tank for $ 1. 15 /gallon or roughly $ 13 a tank and then just ten hours later, the same gas station, the same grade of gas is $ 1. 10 /gallon! If I had only waited, I could have saved enough money to buy a candy bar or a can of pop for my much-needed afternoon sugar break! But, of course, it has worked the other way in the past. There have been plenty of times when I have waited until the afternoon to stop ...
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