Friday, January 30, 2009

Energy Alternatives - Roar Posts

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-Methane has a possibility of being an energy source in the future
-Methane is from farting
-Many nations are trying to find new way to find a new energy source
-Some nations even joined together to find a new source
-With all these nations working together, i think we will find a new source soon

4 Questions

How did they discover methane could be possible?
How long will it take for this to actually work?
Who discovered this possibilty of Methane working?
What do scientist think of this?

3 Vocabulary

Bitumen- Any of various flammable mixtures of hydrocarbons and other substances, occurring naturally or obtained by distillation from coal or petroleum, that are a component of asphalt and tar and are used for surfacing roads and for waterproofing
Hydrocarbons-Any of numerous organic compounds, such as benzene and methane, that contain only carbon and hydrogen.
Methane-a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, CH4, the main constituent of marsh gas and the firedamp of coal mines, obtained commercially from natural gas: the first member of the methane, or alkane, series of hydrocarbons.

2 Literary Terms

"...the actual chance of it working can help the work."
"...a colorless, oderless, flammable gas..."

1 Overview Sentence

These pages are talking about the chances of how Methane can possibly be a new energy source.

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