Are you consuming too much fuel?
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YEAR 11 CHEMISTRY ONE WORLD ESSAY Are you consuming too much fuel? April 2007 Contents Page Introduction Page 3 My family fuel consumption Page 3 Local / Global: Where do I stand? Page 4 Impacts Page 6 Potential Alternatives Page 7 Limitations of study Page 8 Conclusion Page 9 Bibliography Page 9 Introduction During the last few years, the world has developed in both technological and scientifical aspects. Currently, we are dependant on fuel for almost every action we take. We use electricity to light our homes, natural gas to heat our food, and petrol to travel in our cars. Although each individual consumes a different amount of fuel, all amounts of consumption have great impacts on the world. Electricity consumption has been estimated to "increase by 71% from 2003 to 2030"1, which, no doubt, will have a drastic effect on the world. For this reason, in this essay, I will focus on the consumption of electricity as a fuel. To...

