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Green Tech. Energy replacements. Do you have the answer?

Many in the global warming camp warn daily that we must make changes now. That we must cut carbon emissions by 60, 70 and even some say 80% by 2050

http://april.stepitup2007.org/article.php?id=29

They mask this under the words, “its’ only 2 percent reduction per year.

So lets be honest ok? By 2010 just 2 years, what do we have to replace the 4% reduction in gas, oil or coal That is ready our ONLY source of electric power generation?
By 2015 we are now up to almost 15 % less elec being produced by coal, all the while power consumption has been increasing. What do we have and where will it is placed, with the fighting already taking place over the placement wind turbines, etc.

Please don’t waste anyone’s time talking solar. You could cover the whole southwest of the US with Solar Panels and still not have enough production to replace 3 percent let alone 15 pecent

So what are these green ’supper ideals’, as well as where will they be built in order to reduce the emissions while at the same time Not sending us back 500 years or even worse. 500 years ago people where allowed to heat their homes and cook their food with coal or wood, you propose stopping that all together.
Well apparently either no one has a real answer or they are just sitting on it. Nuclear is not an option. We know the few loud mouths won’t allow it.

As far as solar, I have found nothing.
So by following Dana’s ideal, we would only need just a part of what they show, since there would be no place left to live right?

I found an OLD test i took, not all the answers are right & im tryin to study for my American history final?

1. The migration theory is based on the belief that the:
A. Osage revered the Elk for their help in the forming of the world. The Elk called the wind to make the waters that covered the Earth turn into mist. The Elk rolled over and over on the exposed soft earth in his joy.
B. last Ice Age lowered the level of the oceans, which exposed the shallow seafloor between Asia and North America, creating a land bridge linking Siberia with Alaska.
C. indigenous civilizations emerged from one Native American identity.

2. What is so significant about the Anazazi?
A. They built dirt mounds.
B. They lived underground.
C. They worshipped a vulture god.
D. They dwelled in overhangs of cliffs and along canyon walls.

3. Inuits settled in the
A. Plateau Region
B. Artic Region
C. Southwest
D. Northwest Coast

4. Indigenous groups of the Great Basin and Great Plains Regions:
A. were predominantly nomadic.
B. were known for their extensive agriculture, pottery, and temple mounds.
C. left behind enormous earthworks and burial moundselaborately shaped like great snakes, birds and other animals.
D. were the center of an extensive trade network that connected civilizations through the Western Hemisphere.

5. What factors allowed the Indians to establish themselves and adapt to life in their new homeland?
A. diversification and trade
B. social order
C. leadership
D. all of the above

6. How did the Iroquois League impact American history?
A. It gave way to the creation of castes within society.
B. It was a democratic model that was adopted by the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution.
C. It created the beginning of functional leadership, such as for war.

7. Within the family or clan, Native American women had more power than European women during the early settlement period.
A. true
B. false

8. What motivated European exploration of the Western Hemisphere?
A. Crusades; dictatorship; rise in Catholicism; exploration
B. Crusades; market economy; rise in Catholicism; nationalism; exploration
C. Crusades; market economy; rise of Protestantism; independent city-states; exploration
D. Crusades; market economy; rise of Catholicism; independent city-states; less expensive route to Asian goods and markets

9. The Crusades:
A. were a series of holy wars between the Christians throughout Europe and Muslims.
B. created a shift in economic attitudes creating trade routes from Europe into Africa and Asia.
C. occurred in the 1500s.
D. First and second choices only
E. All of the above

10. During which era did Europeans begin to settle the Western Hemisphere?
A. Pre-Columbian Era (before 1492)
B. Era of Exploration (1492 1600)
C. Colonial Era (1600 1700)
D. Revolutionary Era (1700 1800)

11. Many Indian cultures traced descent through the female line rather than the male line.
A. true
B. false

12. No Europeans had ever set foot on the American continents prior to Columbus”s arrival in 1492.
A. true
B. false

13. The indigenous people of the New World:
A. developed no advanced forms of civilization.
B. were divided into many diverse cultures speaking more than two thousand different languages.
C. were all organized into the two large empires of the Incas and the Aztecs.
D. relied primarily on nomadic herding of domesticated animals for their sustenance.

14. While the Europeans came to the Western Hemisphere displaying attitudes of superiority, the indigenous people received them according to their own traditions, as guests.
A. true
B. false

15. The Spanish treated the native people with the same respect they would give to other dignitaries of other nations.
A. true
B. false

16. What is the significance of the year 1607?
A. The Spanish constructed the Presidio at St. Augustine.
B. English established Jamestown, which become their first successful colony in North America.
C. The French built the trading post of Quebec.

17. What made Jamestown profitable?
A. The wilderness survival skills of settlers
B. The marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe
C. The settlers attack on the Native Americans
D. Settlers learned to grow tobacco.

18. The _____________was the first European representative government in the colonies.
A. House of Burgesses
B. Iroquois League
C. London Company

19. Pilgrims left England and settled in Plymouth:
A. so they could worship as they wanted.
B. to spread Catholicism.
C. in search of gold.
D. as indentured slaves.

20. Which was most significant in the spread of slavery in the English colonies?
A. Africans came to the colonies seeking jobs.
B. Slaves filled a demand for laborers.
C. The Portuguese pushed the sale of slaves on English colonies.
D. Africans were attrac

Geography test help or not?

1.
Match the following terms to their definitions.
A. Any territory separated from, but subject to, a ruling power.
B. To transfer or give up.
C. The shift from human power to machine power.

colony
Industrial Revolution
cede
2.
Select the correct definition for: annex
A) To transfer or give up
B) To formally incorporate into a country or state the territory of another
C) The system by which countries set up colonies to secure sources of raw materials
D) A country completely surrounded by another country
3.
Select the correct definition for: civil war
A) The means by which colonies become independent
B) A conflict between opposing groups of citizens of the same country
C) The shift from human power to machine power
D) A form of warfare carried on by an independent armed force
4.
Select the correct statement:
A) The Spanish settled in Florida, Texas, and the present-day southwestern United States.
B) The English settled in Florida, Texas, and the present-day southwestern United States.
C) The French settled in Florida, Texas, and the present-day southwestern United States.
D) The Portuguese settled in Florida, Texas, and the present-day southwestern United States.
5.
Select the correct statement:
A) In the 1860s, regional differences and disagreements over slavery caused a civil war in the United States.
B) In the 1900s, regional differences and disagreements over land caused a civil war in the United States.
C) In the 1700s, regional differences and disagreements over government cause a civil war in Canada.
D) In the 1900s, regional differences and disagreements over slavery caused a civil war in Canada.
6.
Select the correct statement:
A) English settlers established 13 colonies on the Atlantic coast of the present-day United States.
B) English settlers established seven colonies on the Pacific coast of the present-day United States.
C) French settlers established 13 colonies on the Atlantic coast of present-day Canada.
D) French settlers established seven colonies on the Pacific coast of present-day United Canada.
7.
Select the answer that completes this sentence: In 1803, American territory reached the Rocky Mountains as a result of the Louisiana Purchase from __________.
A) Mexico
B) Canada
C) Britain
D) France
8.
In the 1840s, __________ ceded California and a large area of the Southwest to the United States.
A) Mexico
B) Canada
C) Britain
D) France
9.
All of the following landforms are located in both the United States and Canada except the
A) Rocky Mountains
B) Great Plains
C) Laurentian Highlands
D) Gulf Atlantic Coastal Plain
10.
Canada’s climates are generally colder than those of the United States because
A) there are no coastal ranges in Canada.
B) Canada is located farther north of the Equator than is the United States.
C) Canada does not lie near any warm bodies of water.
D) the Canadian Shield blocks ocean winds from blowing onto the land.
11.
The Canadian Shield, a vast expanse of ancient rock, is located
A) along the Pacific coast of Canada.
B) along the banks of the St. Lawrence River.
C) around Hudson Bay.
D) in the far northern regions of Canada.
12.
Two major landforms stretching across both the United States and Canada are the
A) Appalachian Mountains and the Laurentian Highlands.
B) Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains.
C) Canadian Shield and the Interior Plains.
D) Gulf Atlantic Coastal Plain and the Sierra Nevada.
13.
Which of the following is an accurate statement about the ecosystems of the United States and Canada?
A) A large part of the United States is coniferous forest.
B) The southwestern region of Canada includes a desert scrub region.
C) While Canada has a mixed forest regions, the United States does not.
D) Both the United States and Canada have temperate grassland regions.
14.
Which oceans border both the United States and Canada?
A) Atlantic and Arctic
B) Atlantic and Pacific
C) Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian
D) Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic
15.
Where are the Great Lakes located?
A) In northern Canada
B) In the southern United States
C) Along the border of the United Sates and Canada
D) At the continental divide

I just want to check my answers… if you could help?

45.Ocean floor subducts under continents because
A. the ocean floor is made of felsic materials and is heavier than continental material
B. the ocean floor is made of mafic material and is therefore more dense than continental material
C. the ocean floor has a lower density and therefore sinks more easily
D. the weight of the continents is so great tha they push the ocean floor material downward

46.Consider a swamp along the calm backwaters of a river flowing through a flat landscape. Given the nature of this environment; which of the following sediments would be least likely to be deposited there?
A. gravel
B. sand
C. silt
D. clay

47.Karst topography is formed primarily by
A. carbonic acid solution
B. mass wasting process
C. oxidation and hydrolysis
D. exfoliation and hydration

48.A mT airmass is likely to be _______ than a cT air mass because the mT airmass ______.
A. wetter; is warmer than the cT airmass
B. drier; forms under the equatorial low
C. drier; is a cold air mass
D. wetter; forms over the ocean

49.When a cold front approaches, air pressure will initially _____ due to the displacement and uplift of ______ air.
A. decrease; warm
B. increase; warm
C. decrease; cold
D. increase; cold

50.As the discharge of a stream increases, which of the following also happens?
A. Stream channels narrow, become shallower, and lose velocity.
B. The rate of flow decreases.
C. Channel width increases but channel depth decreases.
D. Width, depth, and velocity all increase.
51.Bears eat both plants and animals; therefore they are
A. herbivores
B. carnivores
C. omnivores
D. specialists

52.If you were driving down the highway and saw mountians composed of layered strata, you could be confident that you were looking at
A. a shield volcano
B. extrusive igneous rock
C. batholiths or laccoliths
D. sedimentary rocks

53. On the Earth between 30º and 60º north latitude, winds flow from the _______ as they flow out of the _______ pressure zone toward the ________ pressure zone
A. west-southwest; subtropical high; subpolar low
B. west-southwest; sub polar low; subtropical high
C. northeast; subtropical high; subpolar low
D. northeast; subpolar low; subtropical high

54.In order to control flooding, levees are frequently constructed along the banks of rivers to confine flow to the channel. Given this, what happens to the flow velocity and erosive power of the stream during a flood, before the water overflows the levee? (Consider the equation Q=wdv when answering this question.)
A. Velocity increases because the width does not increase, and the erosive power increases.
B. Velocity increases because depth does not increase, and the erosive power increases.
C. Velocity decreases because the depth of the channel is significantly greater, and the erosive power increases.
D. Velocity decreases because the width of the channel is significantly less and the erosive power decreases.

55.What era of the geologic time scale are we currently in?
A. Quaternary
B. Cenozoic
C. Triassic
D. Holocene

56.The reflective quality of a surface is known as its:
A. Albedo
B. Conduction
C. Absorption
D. Scattering

57.Consider a food chain in which a grasshopper east grass, the grasshopper is eaten by a frog, and the frog is eaten by a snake. Given these relationships, which of the following is not correctly matched?
A. grass — autotroph
B. grasshopper — herbivore
C. snake — primary consumer
D. frog — secondary consumer

58.If the earth did not experience endogenic processes, the landscape would
A. be rugged and of great relief as a result of uplift in the absence of weathering conditions
B. consist of high mountains and hills with smooth, gentle slopes
C. be of very low relief as a result of weathering and erosion in the absence of uplift
D. covered with thick glaciers

59.The construction of a dam across a river is likely to cause ______ upstream of the dam, and _______ downstream.
A. erosion; aggradation
B. erosion; erosion
C. aggradation; erosion
D. aggradation; aggradation

okay my part of the state is getting the worst winter storm since 1912 help need info?

okay i live in southwest missouri ozarks area and im in a blizzard warning this is what i can say after midnight there gonna be a sleet storm and ice storm mixed in with some rain then at around i would say 4 am blizzard white out the weathermen here are like wow they have never seen anything like this

but the only time they really saw something close to this was in 1997 but it was not that big like it is now

they are saying they keep changing it 10 to 18 inches now but it will probably get 20 to maybe 25 inches of now

winds are gonna be high im freaking out im happy because all get school off and since im a senior wont half to make it up at the end of the year and we still get are spring break

but what should i do i need more info all probably lose my power im 17 i live with my family duh but what else can i do
my parents went to the store got food and blankets tools all the stuff they need

but since ive never really seen a blizzard what can expect thanks