Wednesday, January 21, 2009

ROAR - Energy Alternatives

Energy Alternatives
Helen Cothran

5comments:
- There's like 100,100 barrels per day in the year 2000 in u.s.
- Vehicles use alot of oil which is one of the cause for global warming.
- It seems as if California is more advance and into making cars less global warming causing.
- Ethanol is particially made of the starch in corn kernels.
- John J. Fialka is a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal.

4questions:
- What is E85?
- Who is David Stripp?
- What inspired him to write about clean and renewable fuel?
- What percentage fewer miles per gallon do vehicles running on Enthanol than gasoline?

3vocab:
- Ethanol(pg192): Chemisty.
- Deem(pg194): To form or have an opinion; judge; think: He did not deem lightly of the issue.
- Ferment(pg198): Any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.

2literacy terms:
- "...natural gas qualifies as clean fuel"(pg190).
- "...such as lowering U.S..."(pg195).

1overview sentence:
- There's like 100,100 barrels per day in the year 2000 in u.s, vehicles use alot of oil which is one of the cause for global warming, it also seems as if California is more advance and into making cars less global warming causing, and Ethanol is particially made of the starch in corn kernels, also John J. Fialka is a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal.

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