Your Questions About Sustainable Energy Definition

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C- respiration essentially converts Carbon stored as sugars into CO2

B/trick question- non-renewables:
release CO2, as well as other pollutants (SO4, CO, NOx etc); as they release pollutants they cannot by default, be clean fuel;

non-renewables typically are in finite amount (it takes tohusands/millions of years for organic matter to turn into oil) and by definition cannot be sustainable.

They do save money in that they are currently cheaper per unit energy than renewables, although once the infrastructure for renewable energy production is in place the cost will decrease so B is only valid in the short term.

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My definition of living green is trying to reduce my negative impact on the earth. I strive to live a sustainable life, meaning, what I do today can continue to be done without destroying any part of the ecosystem. I focus on my consumer habits, starting with reducing what I buy and consume in general. I also look for natural ingredients, sourced as close to home as possible and grown or made with minimal chemicals. I avoid plastice, disposable and single use items. I buy most of my food directly from the organic farms and ranches in my area. Both of our vehicles are hybrids and we have arranged our lives so we don’t commute far. I conserve electricity and water and recently installed a solar system on my home.

The opposite of that would be the average American lifestyle. Americans use more than twice the energy per person than any other nation in the world, we contribute to CO2 emissions at almost 4 times the rate per person and China. We are burying massive amounts of recyclable materials in landfills. We are pumping toxins into our ground water, streams, lakes and air. We have more things, we have more debt and our consumer habits are responsible for more rain forest destruction than any other activity on the earth.