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Feeling the Heat

FEELING THE HEAT OUR ADDICTION TO FOSSIL FUELS IS CAUSING DRAMATIC CHANGES TO OUR PLANET. BY BURNING FOSSIL FUELS, WE ARE EMITTING CARBON DIOXIDE INTO EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE-TRAPPING HEAT THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE REDISTRIBUTED INTO SPACE. TO AVOID REACHING CRITICAL TIPPING POINTS, SUCH AS THE MELTING OF THE ICE SHEETS IN GREENLAND OR WEST ANTARCTICA, WE NEED TO REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS 80% BY 2050. OUR GLOBAL ENERGY EMERGENCY SOURCES: HTTP://www.EIA. DOE.GOV, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MARCH 2009, PP 62-78, HTTP://Www.CLIMATECOUNTS.ORG, HTTP://www.BILLMCKIBBEN.COM, FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING NOW BY BILL MCKIBBEN, HTTP://Www.STEPITUP2007.0RG WORLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION U.S. CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS SO, WHAT CAN WE DO? (QUARDRILLION BTU) (MILLION METRIC TONS) EVEN SMALL CHANGES IN OUR HABITS SCALE UP TO BIG REDUCTIONS IN CO, EMISSIONS. WHEN MANY OF US MAKE THESE CHANGES, WE'LL BE WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE A VIBRANT PLANET IS HERE FOR OUR CHILDREN, THEIR 20 40 60 80 100 * 20 40 60 80 100 60,000 CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN, TO0.t 50,000 JAPAN RUSSIA CHANGE IT UP IF WE CONVERTED HALF OF ALL LIGHT 40,000 BULBS TO COMPACT FLUORESCENTS, WE COULD REDUCE CO, FROM LIGHTING BY 42.4 MILLION TONS A YEAR, OR 36%. 20 40 60 80 10 20 40 60 80 100 30,000 CHINA UNITED STATES 20,000 SPIN YOUR WHEELS IF WE DRIVE OUR CARS 20 LESS MILES THE UNITED STATES ANNUALLY CONSUMES APPROX. EACH WEEK, WE COULD REDUCE THEIR 2 TIMES THE EUROPEAN AVERAGE, 10,000 CO, EMISSIONS BY 107 MILLION TONS EACH YEAR, A 9% DECREASE. 5 TIMES THE GLOBAL AVERAGE. SIGN OFF IF WE TURNED OFF COMPUTERSS WHEN U.S. CONSUMPTION BY TYPE NOT IN USE, WE COULD REDUCE THEIR CO, IMPACT BY 8.3 MILLION TONS A YEAR, OR 50%. TOTAL = 94,578 QUADRILLION BTU 8% RENEWABLE ENERGY PUMP IT UP 9% NUCLEAR ELECTRIC BTU, WTF? BUT, I LIKE THE HEAT IF WE IMPROVED OUR AUTOMOBILES' GAS MILEAGE BY 5 MILES A GALLON, WE 21% COAL CO, EMMISSIONS ARE ALREADY CAUSING FASTER SEASON CHANGES, MORE FREQUENT DROUGHTS AND FLOODS AND POWERFUL, A BTU, OR BRITISH THERMAL UNIT, IS COULD CUT THEIR CO, EMISSIONS BY 25% NATURAL GAS APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT 239 MILLION TONS EACH YEAR, OR A OF ENERGY THAT COMES FROM BURNING 37% PETROLEUM 20% DECREASE. ONE KITCHEN MATCH LONGER-LASTING HURRICANES. 2007 III III FEELING THE HEAT OUR ADDICTION TO FOSSIL FUELS IS CAUSING DRAMATIC CHANGES TO OUR PLANET. BY BURNING FOSSIL FUELS, WE ARE EMITTING CARBON DIOXIDE INTO EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE-TRAPPING HEAT THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE REDISTRIBUTED INTO SPACE. TO AVOID REACHING CRITICAL TIPPING POINTS, SUCH AS THE MELTING OF THE ICE SHEETS IN GREENLAND OR WEST ANTARCTICA, WE NEED TO REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS 80% BY 2050. OUR GLOBAL ENERGY EMERGENCY SOURCES: HTTP://www.EIA. DOE.GOV, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MARCH 2009, PP 62-78, HTTP://Www.CLIMATECOUNTS.ORG, HTTP://www.BILLMCKIBBEN.COM, FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING NOW BY BILL MCKIBBEN, HTTP://Www.STEPITUP2007.0RG WORLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION U.S. CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS SO, WHAT CAN WE DO? (QUARDRILLION BTU) (MILLION METRIC TONS) EVEN SMALL CHANGES IN OUR HABITS SCALE UP TO BIG REDUCTIONS IN CO, EMISSIONS. WHEN MANY OF US MAKE THESE CHANGES, WE'LL BE WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE A VIBRANT PLANET IS HERE FOR OUR CHILDREN, THEIR 20 40 60 80 100 * 20 40 60 80 100 60,000 CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN, TO0.t 50,000 JAPAN RUSSIA CHANGE IT UP IF WE CONVERTED HALF OF ALL LIGHT 40,000 BULBS TO COMPACT FLUORESCENTS, WE COULD REDUCE CO, FROM LIGHTING BY 42.4 MILLION TONS A YEAR, OR 36%. 20 40 60 80 10 20 40 60 80 100 30,000 CHINA UNITED STATES 20,000 SPIN YOUR WHEELS IF WE DRIVE OUR CARS 20 LESS MILES THE UNITED STATES ANNUALLY CONSUMES APPROX. EACH WEEK, WE COULD REDUCE THEIR 2 TIMES THE EUROPEAN AVERAGE, 10,000 CO, EMISSIONS BY 107 MILLION TONS EACH YEAR, A 9% DECREASE. 5 TIMES THE GLOBAL AVERAGE. SIGN OFF IF WE TURNED OFF COMPUTERSS WHEN U.S. CONSUMPTION BY TYPE NOT IN USE, WE COULD REDUCE THEIR CO, IMPACT BY 8.3 MILLION TONS A YEAR, OR 50%. TOTAL = 94,578 QUADRILLION BTU 8% RENEWABLE ENERGY PUMP IT UP 9% NUCLEAR ELECTRIC BTU, WTF? BUT, I LIKE THE HEAT IF WE IMPROVED OUR AUTOMOBILES' GAS MILEAGE BY 5 MILES A GALLON, WE 21% COAL CO, EMMISSIONS ARE ALREADY CAUSING FASTER SEASON CHANGES, MORE FREQUENT DROUGHTS AND FLOODS AND POWERFUL, A BTU, OR BRITISH THERMAL UNIT, IS COULD CUT THEIR CO, EMISSIONS BY 25% NATURAL GAS APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT 239 MILLION TONS EACH YEAR, OR A OF ENERGY THAT COMES FROM BURNING 37% PETROLEUM 20% DECREASE. ONE KITCHEN MATCH LONGER-LASTING HURRICANES. 2007 III III FEELING THE HEAT OUR ADDICTION TO FOSSIL FUELS IS CAUSING DRAMATIC CHANGES TO OUR PLANET. BY BURNING FOSSIL FUELS, WE ARE EMITTING CARBON DIOXIDE INTO EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE-TRAPPING HEAT THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE REDISTRIBUTED INTO SPACE. TO AVOID REACHING CRITICAL TIPPING POINTS, SUCH AS THE MELTING OF THE ICE SHEETS IN GREENLAND OR WEST ANTARCTICA, WE NEED TO REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS 80% BY 2050. OUR GLOBAL ENERGY EMERGENCY SOURCES: HTTP://www.EIA. DOE.GOV, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MARCH 2009, PP 62-78, HTTP://Www.CLIMATECOUNTS.ORG, HTTP://www.BILLMCKIBBEN.COM, FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING NOW BY BILL MCKIBBEN, HTTP://Www.STEPITUP2007.0RG WORLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION U.S. CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS SO, WHAT CAN WE DO? (QUARDRILLION BTU) (MILLION METRIC TONS) EVEN SMALL CHANGES IN OUR HABITS SCALE UP TO BIG REDUCTIONS IN CO, EMISSIONS. WHEN MANY OF US MAKE THESE CHANGES, WE'LL BE WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE A VIBRANT PLANET IS HERE FOR OUR CHILDREN, THEIR 20 40 60 80 100 * 20 40 60 80 100 60,000 CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN, TO0.t 50,000 JAPAN RUSSIA CHANGE IT UP IF WE CONVERTED HALF OF ALL LIGHT 40,000 BULBS TO COMPACT FLUORESCENTS, WE COULD REDUCE CO, FROM LIGHTING BY 42.4 MILLION TONS A YEAR, OR 36%. 20 40 60 80 10 20 40 60 80 100 30,000 CHINA UNITED STATES 20,000 SPIN YOUR WHEELS IF WE DRIVE OUR CARS 20 LESS MILES THE UNITED STATES ANNUALLY CONSUMES APPROX. EACH WEEK, WE COULD REDUCE THEIR 2 TIMES THE EUROPEAN AVERAGE, 10,000 CO, EMISSIONS BY 107 MILLION TONS EACH YEAR, A 9% DECREASE. 5 TIMES THE GLOBAL AVERAGE. SIGN OFF IF WE TURNED OFF COMPUTERSS WHEN U.S. CONSUMPTION BY TYPE NOT IN USE, WE COULD REDUCE THEIR CO, IMPACT BY 8.3 MILLION TONS A YEAR, OR 50%. TOTAL = 94,578 QUADRILLION BTU 8% RENEWABLE ENERGY PUMP IT UP 9% NUCLEAR ELECTRIC BTU, WTF? BUT, I LIKE THE HEAT IF WE IMPROVED OUR AUTOMOBILES' GAS MILEAGE BY 5 MILES A GALLON, WE 21% COAL CO, EMMISSIONS ARE ALREADY CAUSING FASTER SEASON CHANGES, MORE FREQUENT DROUGHTS AND FLOODS AND POWERFUL, A BTU, OR BRITISH THERMAL UNIT, IS COULD CUT THEIR CO, EMISSIONS BY 25% NATURAL GAS APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT 239 MILLION TONS EACH YEAR, OR A OF ENERGY THAT COMES FROM BURNING 37% PETROLEUM 20% DECREASE. ONE KITCHEN MATCH LONGER-LASTING HURRICANES. 2007 III III FEELING THE HEAT OUR ADDICTION TO FOSSIL FUELS IS CAUSING DRAMATIC CHANGES TO OUR PLANET. BY BURNING FOSSIL FUELS, WE ARE EMITTING CARBON DIOXIDE INTO EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE-TRAPPING HEAT THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE REDISTRIBUTED INTO SPACE. TO AVOID REACHING CRITICAL TIPPING POINTS, SUCH AS THE MELTING OF THE ICE SHEETS IN GREENLAND OR WEST ANTARCTICA, WE NEED TO REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS 80% BY 2050. OUR GLOBAL ENERGY EMERGENCY SOURCES: HTTP://www.EIA. DOE.GOV, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MARCH 2009, PP 62-78, HTTP://Www.CLIMATECOUNTS.ORG, HTTP://www.BILLMCKIBBEN.COM, FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING NOW BY BILL MCKIBBEN, HTTP://Www.STEPITUP2007.0RG WORLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION U.S. CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS SO, WHAT CAN WE DO? (QUARDRILLION BTU) (MILLION METRIC TONS) EVEN SMALL CHANGES IN OUR HABITS SCALE UP TO BIG REDUCTIONS IN CO, EMISSIONS. WHEN MANY OF US MAKE THESE CHANGES, WE'LL BE WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE A VIBRANT PLANET IS HERE FOR OUR CHILDREN, THEIR 20 40 60 80 100 * 20 40 60 80 100 60,000 CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN, TO0.t 50,000 JAPAN RUSSIA CHANGE IT UP IF WE CONVERTED HALF OF ALL LIGHT 40,000 BULBS TO COMPACT FLUORESCENTS, WE COULD REDUCE CO, FROM LIGHTING BY 42.4 MILLION TONS A YEAR, OR 36%. 20 40 60 80 10 20 40 60 80 100 30,000 CHINA UNITED STATES 20,000 SPIN YOUR WHEELS IF WE DRIVE OUR CARS 20 LESS MILES THE UNITED STATES ANNUALLY CONSUMES APPROX. EACH WEEK, WE COULD REDUCE THEIR 2 TIMES THE EUROPEAN AVERAGE, 10,000 CO, EMISSIONS BY 107 MILLION TONS EACH YEAR, A 9% DECREASE. 5 TIMES THE GLOBAL AVERAGE. SIGN OFF IF WE TURNED OFF COMPUTERSS WHEN U.S. CONSUMPTION BY TYPE NOT IN USE, WE COULD REDUCE THEIR CO, IMPACT BY 8.3 MILLION TONS A YEAR, OR 50%. TOTAL = 94,578 QUADRILLION BTU 8% RENEWABLE ENERGY PUMP IT UP 9% NUCLEAR ELECTRIC BTU, WTF? BUT, I LIKE THE HEAT IF WE IMPROVED OUR AUTOMOBILES' GAS MILEAGE BY 5 MILES A GALLON, WE 21% COAL CO, EMMISSIONS ARE ALREADY CAUSING FASTER SEASON CHANGES, MORE FREQUENT DROUGHTS AND FLOODS AND POWERFUL, A BTU, OR BRITISH THERMAL UNIT, IS COULD CUT THEIR CO, EMISSIONS BY 25% NATURAL GAS APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT 239 MILLION TONS EACH YEAR, OR A OF ENERGY THAT COMES FROM BURNING 37% PETROLEUM 20% DECREASE. ONE KITCHEN MATCH LONGER-LASTING HURRICANES. 2007 III III

Feeling the Heat

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Our addiction to fossil fuels is causing dramatic changes to our planet. We need to reduce CO2 emissions to 20% their current rate by 2050. Find out why.

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