Thursday, June 23, 2011

Kilowatt Ours

Do you know where all the energy we use comes from? I didn’t know all the sources of energy until I watched “Kilowatt Ours”. It is a documentary that helped me better understand different ways of energy and how to be more energy efficient.  Did you know more than 50 percent of the energy used in the US comes from coal. In West Virginia they found good quantity of coal under the mountains. Because of the use of coal to create energy someone decided instead of setting up mines to recover the coal it is better and faster to blow up the mountain. It is unbelievable how humans are tarring up the Earth by blowing up mountains and forests. One thing I do not understand is how the state will let a company do that. If politicians are allowing that kind of massacre towards nature the Earth is going to be destroyed. Then there is the problem about burning the coal to create energy for people to use. When the coal is burned it creates toxics that go into the air and into the ozone layer. That is one of the reasons why the planet is warming.
One way to help our planet is to save as much energy as possible. For instance they make appliances that are energy savers that use more than 50 percent less energy than regular ones staring from light bulbs to washing machines. One thing a don’t understand is if we are experiencing a problem so severe that is endangering human life why don’t they stop the making of those appliances and only allow energy saving appliances to be sold. Pass a bill that will make companies switch to only producing energy saving products. This documentary really made me think about our planet and how to preserve energy around my house and I am glad I had an opportunity to watch it. 

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