Introduction

This blog will focus on fire but more specifically, on petroleum, natural gas, forest fire, energy efficiency and management as well as energy and power. Fire is a combustion of certain chemicals combined with oxygen in the air that typically gives off a bright light, heat and smoke. Fire can be deadly as it can destroy homes, wildlife habitat, timber and can also pollute the air with emissions such as carbon dioxide, that is harmful to human health. For many centuries, we have used petroleum as fuel. Petroleum is a yellow, black liquid that is mixed with hydrocarbons. Natural gas consists of mostly methane and hydrocarbons. Due to industrial factories using petroleum and natural gas as their energy source, it has caused great damage to the environment. Some of the material that have been produced that contain natural gas have caused wildfires to occur. Forest fires are an uncontrollable fire that occurs within nature, emitting carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, causing more pollution and harm to wildlife. In reducing carbon dioxide and global warming, we have become energy efficient by using solar power and wind power. Energy efficiency is achieved by using less energy when using or making our daily products. Wind power is a sustainable way to generate electricity because it does not produce pollution. The decrease of air pollution will be the result of an increase in renewable energy. Becoming aware of the components that lead to a fire will lead us to obtain more energy and become more power efficient.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Solar Power


Well something those are not understanding is that being energy efficient is more of a long term investment. According to SUNRUN, "On average the total cost of solar installation can be between $15,000 to $29,000 for average sized systems sized between 4kW and 8kW." This does sound like a lot of money, but when calculating how much less one will spend on their electricity bills after installing solar panels, it is more than obvious that it is well worth it. Some customers have mentioned that they have saved $300 to $400 a month on electricity bills. That will annually be a well enough amount to change a persons mind.

 "Cost of Home Solar Power Systems." Cost of Home Solar Power Systems. SUNRUN, 2015.                 Web. 29 Apr. 2015.


-Inga Kirakosyan

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