Why should we use renewable energy?

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List of problems

• greenhouse effect
• carbon dioxide emissions
• fumes exhausted by factories
• car's emissions
• pollution
• households waste

Consequences

• more and stronger storms
• hurricanes
• floodings
• ice melting at the polar cap
• Severe droughts

 Conclusion

• to use renewable sources of energy
• tidal energy
• wind energy
• solar power.
• reduce carbon emissions
• encourage people to build sustainable houses

Glossary

carbon footprintan individual's or organisation's total output of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse
gases caused by their everyday actions.
She's been on three international flights this year, so she's worried about her carbon
footprint.

development noum (uncount)

change, growth, or improvement over a period of time

He encourage our staff in their development of new skills

economic adjetive

relating to business, industry, and trade

and attac on the government's economic policies

enviromenmentally friendly adjective
designed no to harme the natural environment.
I ride a bicycle, bacuase it's more environmentally friendly than driving a car.

gas noum (count/uncount)

a substance such as air that is neither a solid nor a liquid

reulations to cut the missions of gases such as carbon  dioxide

global warming / climate changehuman-caused increase in the global temperature. Scientists prefer to use the term
'climate change' because some parts of the world may become colder rather than
warmer
We need to lower our greenhouse gas emissions so that we can reduce the threat of
global warming.

greenhouse effect noum
the slow increase in the temperature of the Earth caused by increased amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

greenhouse gas noum
a gas that stops heat escapaing from the atmosphere and causes the Earth's temperature to rise.

Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas.

harm,   noum (uncount)

injury, damage, or problems caused by something that you do

projects tha lead to environmental harm

melt, verb
to change a solid substance into a liquid
Melt the butter in a small saucepan

industry, noum (count/uncount)
the production of goods, especialy those made in factories; a particular industry, trade, or service and the people who work in it.
the nuclear /chemical/pharmaceutical industry

nuclear,    adjective
relating to energy produce by changing the structure of the central part of an atom.

pollute, verb
to make air, water, or land too dirty and dangerous for paople to use in a safe way
The oil spillage has polluted the harbour

storm, noum (count)
an occasion when a lot of rain falls very quickly often with very strong winds or thunder and lightning.
A violent storm broke just as vw reached the mountain.

run out of ,  pharsal verb
 to use all of somethin and not have any left .
Many hospitals are running out of money.

waste, adjective
waste substances are what is left of somthing after the valuable parts of it have been used.

wind farm, a place where wind turbines (tall structures with blades that are blown round by the
wind) are used to produce electricity from the power of the wind
Everyone says they think wind farms are a good idea but no-one actually wants them
near their house because they make such a racket.