RENEWABLE ENERGY FUN FACTS:
1. We can decrease CO2 by using renewable energy sources to provide our daily energy needs. We could omit 20, 000 pounds less of carbon dioxide, 50 pounds less of nitrogen oxide and 70 pounds less of sulfur dioxide into our atmosphere.
2. Did you know that we could meet our energy needs through the means of water as a renewable energy? 28.3 million consumers out there already did.
3. A geothermal plant omits no nitrogen oxides, extremely little sulfur dioxide, and 1,000 – 2,000 times less carbon dioxide gases.
4. 2,700 megawatts of electricity produced by geothermal energy sources is equivalent to the power produced by 3 nuclear power plants. This is enough energy to provide power to 3.5 million homes.
5. Every hour enough sunlight reaches the earth’s surface that could potentially provide the world with power for one year.
6. There are five main forms of renewable energy: solar, wind, water, bio-fuel and geothermal (heat from the earth).
7. A world record was set in 1990 when a solar-powered aircraft flew across the USA in 21 stages, using no fuel at all.
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