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"Over the Hills in Milby” – Houston, Texas
Photo by Rocky Perez"We’ve got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?"
— Lee IacoccaCEO/Chairman, Chrysler Corporation, 1979-1992
Introductory Biology for Non-Science Majors
Sustainability Topics
Energy
Houston is known as the Energy Capital of the world.
- Burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas transfers carbon from underground to the atmosphere. The U.S. emits more carbon than any other nation (28%).
- Atmospheric carbon acts as a blanket around the globe; increasing levels are resulting in global warming1.
- Spread of disease vectors, more severe storms, droughts and heat waves, rise in sea level, disruption of world food supply, and millions of climate refugees will result from global warming2.
- Industrialized nations project a dramatic increase in fossil fuel consumption in the coming decades, resulting in a 39% increase in carbon dioxide emissions by 20153.
- Sustainability will require a shift from fossil fuels to renewable forms of energy4.
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