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4. Hybrid cars are good for the environment and good for the consumer. Hybrid
batteries help to reduce fuel emissions because the hybrid engine draws on the
battery when accelerating. It does not draw on the gasoline. Hybrid gasoline
motors can shut off when the car is stopped and run off their
electricity. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the single most
polluting activity most of us do is to drive a gasoline powered car. Cars are the
largest contributor to ground-level ozone, a major component of smog. In
urban areas, 90% of carbon monoxide is contributed by non-hybrid cars. Hybrid
cars can reduce smog by 90% and use much less gas.
Adapted from: resources.marshalladulteducation.org/rs/l65/cars_timed1.htm
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5. Electronic waste, also known as e-scrap or e-waste, refers to electronic devices or
machines that have been thrown away. E-waste poses a real problem because
some people believe it contains hazardous chemicals and materials that are
harmful to the environment. This problem is significant as the amount of e-
waste seems to be getting very large. In 2007, for example, the United States’
Environmental Protection Agency or EPA (a government body
that enforces environmental laws) estimated that about 41 million computers
were thrown away that year. They also claimed that the United States alone
produced around 3 million tons of e-waste. Worldwide, it estimates that 20 to 50
million tons of e-waste are generated every year.
Adapted from: http://dreamreader.net/lesson/electronic-waste/
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Exercise 7 Writing a first draft
Review your outline. Then write your first draft of a five-paragraph reaction
essay in response to article of ‘Refugee’ on page 148.
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