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Isabella F.
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- 3. "It's a job that's never started that takes the
longest to finish."
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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- 6. * Represent largest methane
emissions source in U.S.
* Food biodegrades and produces
biogas
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- 7. * 455 U.S. landfills using methane for
energy.
* Methane is key factor of natural
gas.
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- 8. * Consists of 60% methane and 40%
carbon dioxide
* Methane 20X more harmful than
carbon dioxide
* Biogas power plant
- 9. * 5% of population, but 30% of waste
* As food shortages go on, food prices
rise
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Issues…on Grinning Planet. Grinning Planet, 2011. Web. 22 Nov. 2011.
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Amandolare, Sarah. "Food Waste Persists Despite Global Shortage."
FindingDulcinea | Online Guides | Internet Library | Web Resources. Dulcinea
Media, Inc., 2011. Web. 22 Nov. 2011.
<http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/health/May-June-08/Food-Waste-
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Chapman, Lindsey. "Methane From Landfills to Power Homes." FindingDulcinea |
Online Guides | Internet Library | Web Resources. Dulcinea Media, Inc., 2011.
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From-Landfills-to-Power-Homes-.html>.
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Editor's Notes
- Methane is converted into energy in homes.Natural gas. (look up)
- *methane 20 times more harmful to the environment than carbon dioxide
- 5% of the worlds population are americans but we generate 30% of the waste!
- How Americans don't really know how or what to do about this.
