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<\/a><\/span><\/div>\nHelp the Environment<\/h1><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Print your certificate<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Print your certificate<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Conserve Resources<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Keep Our Planet Healthy<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Recycle!<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>View Activities & Experiments<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/i>Conserve Resources<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nConserve Resources<\/h2>\n
The United States has just 4.25% of the world’s population but uses about 19.4% of the earth’s energy resources.<\/p>\n
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A lot of the energy we use at home, at school, and for our cars comes from fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas. Most of our fossil fuel supply was created millions of years ago\u2014much of it even before the dinosaurs were here. The earth has only a limited amount of these fuels, and humans are using them up very fast. By saving energy, we can slow down the use of fossil fuels and make our supplies last longer.<\/p>\n
Saving energy conserves other resources as well. It takes a tremendous amount of natural resources (like water, land, wood, and other building materials) to build a power plant. Saving energy delays the need for new power plants<\/strong><\/span> and postpones the use of these resources.<\/p>\nYou Can Help<\/h3>\n\n- Use energy efficiently at home, at school, and for transportation. Simple things like carpooling and turning off the lights when you leave the room can make a big difference, if we all pitch in.<\/li>\n
- Learn about and use energy from renewable resources<\/strong><\/span>. Renewable energy is energy that doesn’t get used up the way fossil fuels do. Renewable energy sources are sometimes called “green power” because they help keep our planet healthy. An example is solar energy<\/strong><\/span>, which uses renewable energy from the sun.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
<\/i>Print your certificate<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Print your certificate<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Conserve Resources<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Keep Our Planet Healthy<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Recycle!<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>View Activities & Experiments<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/i>Conserve Resources<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nConserve Resources<\/h2>\n
The United States has just 4.25% of the world’s population but uses about 19.4% of the earth’s energy resources.<\/p>\n
A lot of the energy we use at home, at school, and for our cars comes from fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas. Most of our fossil fuel supply was created millions of years ago\u2014much of it even before the dinosaurs were here. The earth has only a limited amount of these fuels, and humans are using them up very fast. By saving energy, we can slow down the use of fossil fuels and make our supplies last longer.<\/p>\n
Saving energy conserves other resources as well. It takes a tremendous amount of natural resources (like water, land, wood, and other building materials) to build a power plant. Saving energy delays the need for new power plants<\/strong><\/span> and postpones the use of these resources.<\/p>\nYou Can Help<\/h3>\n\n- Use energy efficiently at home, at school, and for transportation. Simple things like carpooling and turning off the lights when you leave the room can make a big difference, if we all pitch in.<\/li>\n
- Learn about and use energy from renewable resources<\/strong><\/span>. Renewable energy is energy that doesn’t get used up the way fossil fuels do. Renewable energy sources are sometimes called “green power” because they help keep our planet healthy. An example is solar energy<\/strong><\/span>, which uses renewable energy from the sun.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
<\/i>Print your certificate<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Conserve Resources<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Keep Our Planet Healthy<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Recycle!<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>View Activities & Experiments<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/i>Conserve Resources<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nConserve Resources<\/h2>\n
The United States has just 4.25% of the world’s population but uses about 19.4% of the earth’s energy resources.<\/p>\n
A lot of the energy we use at home, at school, and for our cars comes from fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas. Most of our fossil fuel supply was created millions of years ago\u2014much of it even before the dinosaurs were here. The earth has only a limited amount of these fuels, and humans are using them up very fast. By saving energy, we can slow down the use of fossil fuels and make our supplies last longer.<\/p>\n
Saving energy conserves other resources as well. It takes a tremendous amount of natural resources (like water, land, wood, and other building materials) to build a power plant. Saving energy delays the need for new power plants<\/strong><\/span> and postpones the use of these resources.<\/p>\nYou Can Help<\/h3>\n\n- Use energy efficiently at home, at school, and for transportation. Simple things like carpooling and turning off the lights when you leave the room can make a big difference, if we all pitch in.<\/li>\n
- Learn about and use energy from renewable resources<\/strong><\/span>. Renewable energy is energy that doesn’t get used up the way fossil fuels do. Renewable energy sources are sometimes called “green power” because they help keep our planet healthy. An example is solar energy<\/strong><\/span>, which uses renewable energy from the sun.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
<\/i>Conserve Resources<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
<\/i>Keep Our Planet Healthy<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
<\/i>Recycle!<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
<\/i>View Activities & Experiments<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>
<\/i>Conserve Resources<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>
\nConserve Resources<\/h2>\n
The United States has just 4.25% of the world’s population but uses about 19.4% of the earth’s energy resources.<\/p>\n
A lot of the energy we use at home, at school, and for our cars comes from fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas. Most of our fossil fuel supply was created millions of years ago\u2014much of it even before the dinosaurs were here. The earth has only a limited amount of these fuels, and humans are using them up very fast. By saving energy, we can slow down the use of fossil fuels and make our supplies last longer.<\/p>\nSaving energy conserves other resources as well. It takes a tremendous amount of natural resources (like water, land, wood, and other building materials) to build a power plant. Saving energy delays the need for new power plants<\/strong><\/span> and postpones the use of these resources.<\/p>\n
You Can Help<\/h3>\n
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- Use energy efficiently at home, at school, and for transportation. Simple things like carpooling and turning off the lights when you leave the room can make a big difference, if we all pitch in.<\/li>\n
- Learn about and use energy from renewable resources<\/strong><\/span>. Renewable energy is energy that doesn’t get used up the way fossil fuels do. Renewable energy sources are sometimes called “green power” because they help keep our planet healthy. An example is solar energy<\/strong><\/span>, which uses renewable energy from the sun.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
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Trees take carbon dioxide out of the air and give back the oxygen we need to breathe. So, trees can help balance the effects of using energy. If every family in the United States planted just one tree, all of these trees would remove more than a billion (1,000,000,000) pounds of ![\"Young](\"https:\/\/safety.duke-energy.com\/schools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/young_girl_recycle_bin-150x150.jpg\")
Everyone knows that recycling helps the environment by reducing trash and saving space in our landfills, but did you know that recycling also saves energy?<\/p>\n![\"Bar](\"https:\/\/safety.duke-energy.com\/schools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/barchart_glass_paper_aluminum.gif\")
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