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LIM HUAY YEE

8 MAY, 2013

THE EARTH CITY

Diminishing Electricity
A project to save the Earth

8 MAY, 2013
3 STEPS TO SAVE ELECTRICITY

Awareness Become aware that you are wasting electricity. However, it is not the end of the world, you can do something about it. Let the fact change your lifestyle. Plan Set a goal for yourself. How much electricity do you want to save? Come up with ideas to save electricity. What can you do? What needs to be done? Act Act on your plan. Make sure to keep to your plan. However, if you come up with better ways to save electricity, add it in.
Waste not the smallest thing created, for grains of sand make mountains, and atomies infinity E. Knight

Over the course of the year, my family and I have been saving electricity. We do this because electricity has a big impact on the Earth. It is also one of the biggest carbon footprints that can be made. Lesser consumption of electricity means less fossil fuel wastage.

Scientists have predicted that fossil fuels will run out by 2128. The usage of fossil fuels also causes global warming. Global warming leads to natural disasters. This natural disasters then will cause us problems such as famine, loss of shelter and health related issues.

My Familys Electricity Consumption Habits

Do you know how much electricity your family turn off air conditioners when they werent needed, to uses? What if the whole country uses the same switch off the lights when we werent using them, to use amount as you do? What is the impact? My family the washing machine and clothes dryer only when it was started this project in August 2012, our actions were full, to use fans instead of air conditioners. These were not environmental friendly. However, with some of the many steps we took to save electricity. What reminders from each other and from notes stuck are you going to do to save electricity? around the house, we learned to

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Huay Yee

8 May, 2013

Our Goal is 300 KwH, How Long Will It Take?

Do you have your goal? If you do, lets take it one step further. Lets make a prediction to see how long it would take you to reach your goal. My familys goal is 300 KwH. First, we find the equation of the fitted line. The fitted line shows, the electricity usage in my household is decreasing steadily. However, we must make sure that this is true. In order to do that, we have to find to points on the line. The points I have chosen is (0, 1125) and (7, 995). Next, we subtract to get the slope. We subtract in the manner of rise/run. So we do, 995-1125= -130 over 7-0=7. So we get -130/7 = -18.57. Now that we have our slope, the next step is to make a slope-intercept equation. The slope-intercept equation is y= mx+b. So substituting all we have, we get y=-18.57x+b. We have to now find b, the intercept. To find b, we substitute x and y with one ordered pair. I choose the ordered pair (0, 1125). Now, we substitute. 1125 = -18.57(0) +b. Then we solve, -18.57(0)=0, so 1125=b. Then we double check with the other equation, (7,995). 995=-18.57(7)+b, 995 = -130 +b. Now, add 130 on both sides. 995+130=1125. 1125=b. So in conclusion, the slope-intercept form is y=-18.57x+1125.

*All data is rounded to fit equations. *

The fitted line shows, the electricity usage in my household is decreasing steadily.

Final Prediction: How many months to get to 300 KwH?

So to complete the process we now have to substitute 300 for y. 300 = -18.57x+1125. Then we solve it. Subtract 1125 from both sides. 825=-18.57x. Divide both sides by -18.57. 44.43=x. It will take approximately 44 months before it drops to 300 KwH, if we continue at the same rate. If you simplify this, it means that it will take approximately 4 years before it finally come down to 300 KwH if it continues at this same rate.
*All data is rounded to fit equations and make information easier to understand. *

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