1. The document discusses various methods for saving energy, including turning off electronics when not in use, washing full loads of clothes at lower temperatures, and using solar panels, wind energy, and geothermal heat pumps to reduce consumption of polluting fuels. 2. It also explores alternatives to gasoline and diesel like ethanol from biomass or waste and biogas from organic materials, as well as issues around using food crops for fuel. 3. The conclusion calls for collective action to change behaviors and stop pollution and overexploitation of natural resources in order to save energy and protect the planet.

1. "Mission iinnttoo tthhee FFuuttuurree””
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EEnneerrggyy??
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SSccooaallaa GGiimmnnaazziiaallaa MMaagguurraa

2. What is energy?
Before we can save energy, we must find out what
is energy.
Our society depends on energy. With its help we can
move cars, send rockets to space, we can toast bread,
heat a room, light the streets and many others. Modern
life can`t be conceived without energy.

3. EElleeccttrriicciittyy
Most of the discoveries of the last
century couldn’t have been made without
electricity. It is used everywhere.
If we run out of electricity, this is what would happen: no
electric light, crash of informatic sistem, huge problems with
transport (trains, planes, cars etc)- those that will remain, will
be used only during the day at full capacity (no light for
lighthouses) a huge gap in communication (telephones of any
kind, radio, TV, internet).

4. MMeetthhooddss ffoorr ssaavviinngg
eenneerrggyy
SSoo iiff eenneerrggyy iiss eesssseennttiiaall ttoo lliiffee iitt iiss iimmppoorrttaanntt ttoo ssaavvee iitt..
TThheerree aarree ssiimmppllee mmeetthhooddss ttoo ssaavvee eenneerrggyy iinn yyoouurr oowwnn
hhoouussee..
11.. TTuurrnn ooffff eelleeccttrroonniiccss wwhheenn yyoouu lleeaavvee tthhee rroooomm oorr ggooiinngg
ttoo bbeedd.. MMaannyy ppeeooppllee sslleeeepp wwiitthh tteelleevviissiioonnss,, vviiddeeooss,,
ccoommppuutteerrss ttuurrnneedd oonn.. When you leave home for several
days, remove all devices from the mains - Most
appliances have standby functions that consume power
even when the device is turned off.

5. 2. When washing the clothes , wash full load,
not halves. Also, set the lowest water temperature - not only
will you consume less, but clothes will keep their color and
quality longer.
3. Make sure the refrigerator is closed right: even
a tiny opening can seriously affect its
results and wasting electricity. Be careful not to be
placed in the sun and have plenty of room in the
back for better airflow. To save energy, set a higher
temperature in winter.
4. Do not use air conditioners only if
absolutely necessary. Try to keepdoors and windows
closed during the day and
cover them with blindsor finally curtains to block sunlight.

6. RReedduuccttiioonn ooff ffuueell
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Today, research focuses on converting biomass into alcohol, which could
serve as fuel to supplement or even replace gasoline and
diesel. Other liquid energy from biomass such as vegetable oils.
Methanol produced by the distillation of wood and forestry waste isconsidered
an alternative fuel for transport and industry, at prices that could
compete with those obtained from bituminous fuels andcarbon liquefaction.

7. Ethanol is a cheaper fuel, but the big problem is that you use food resources, such
as corn or wheat. But if ethanol were obtained exclusively from food or
agricultural waste, although its production costs would be higher, the effort is
justified because it recycles waste.

8. Besides alcohol we add biogas, the gas form of biomass. This
gas with a calorific rather weak, mainly containing methane is
produced from organic materials such as sewage or manure.

9. Solar energy
Solar panels are a means to capture aanndd uussee ssoollaarr eenneerrggyy..
Solar panels are really interesting because they produce
free electricity. Underneath this process lies photovoltaic
cell. In short, in contact with sunlight, it produces electricity.
To get in detail: photons from sunlight 'bombard' atoms of
the materials from which the photovoltaic cell is made.
Under this action, they tend to release electricity. Systems
producing electricity with solar panels are reliable and can
last up to 25 years. It is estimated that the cost of producing
electricity in this way in a few years it will equal that of
polluting energy.

10. WWiinndd eenneerrggyy
Placement of wind aggregates
are interesting only areas where
the average wind speed is at
least equal to four meters per
second, the standard ten matrix
above the ground.
With the exception of mountain areas, where harsh weather
conditions make it difficult to install and maintain aggregate, wind
speeds at or above the threshold of four meters per second are
found in Romania, in Dobrogea. So, for detached houses, wind
energy can only be a complementary source of energy and
conditioned by area location.

11. GGeeootthheerrmmaall eenneerrggyy
A heat pump is a heating and / or air using heat stored in the earth to heat / air
conditioner housing. Geothermal heat pumps are based on the fact that the
temperature in the ground a few feet deep, is fairly constant throughout the
year.
Geothermal heat pumps transfer heat from the ground into the
house in winter and summer transfer occurs conversely, the housing into
the ground. Unlike a boiler, a heat pump transfers heat,
not produce. Heat pumps are known as geo-exchange systems and
should not be confused with geothermal heating, possible only in areas
where the soil is steamy hot from underground hot springs .Type heat
pumps or ground-water-water heat sensor are very similar to water heat
pumps, water type. Between ground heat source or heat-collector
and heat pump compact unit travel
intermediary agent with low freezing point.

12. Together we can change
the world.
Together we can do what
we intend.
Together we can stop
the pollution of the planet
and stop the
overexploitation of natural
resources.