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    In the High School there is a group of pupils working to help raise awareness of global warming, the importance of savng energy, recycling, etc. and one of the ideas was to have an A-Z list of key words. If anyone could contribute to the list it would be great. Thanks.

    Attitude, Atmosphere
    Bin, Bio Gas
    Clean, Contraction and convergence, carbon
    Desertification
    Energy, Environment
    Fuel Cells, Fusion power
    Greenhouse Gas, Global Warming, Geothermal
    Hydroelectricity, Heat pump & hydrothermal energy
    IPCC insulation
    Jet-Stream
    Kyoto protocol
    Litter
    Methane, Montreal protocol
    Nitrous oxide, Nuclear energy
    Ozone
    Pick-Up
    Q
    Recycling
    Solar
    Tidy
    Uncertainty principle
    Volcanic gas/dust
    Waste,Wind,Water
    Xeolite
    Younger Dryas event
    Zooplankton

    Any contributions are welcome.
    Last edited by Mr_Me19; 28-Nov-07 at 19:23.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr_Me19 View Post
    In the High School there is a group of pupils working to help raise awareness of global warming, the importance of savng energy, recycling, etc. and one of the ideas was to have an A-Z list of key words. If anyone could contribute to the list it would be great. Thanks.

    Attitude atmosphere
    Bin, Bio Gas
    CleanContraction and convergence, carbon
    Desertification
    Energy, Environment
    Fuel Cells Fusion power
    Greenhouse Gas, Global Warming, Geothermal
    HydroelectricityHeat pump & hydrothermal energy
    IPCC insulation
    J
    Kyoto protocol
    Litter
    Methane Montreal protocol
    Nitrous oxide Nuclear energy
    Ozone
    Pick-Up
    Q
    Recycling
    Solar
    Tidy
    Uncertainty principle
    Volcanic gas/dust
    Waste,Wind,Water
    X
    Younger Dryas event
    Z

    Any contributions are welcome.

    Can't think of any more just yet
    God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
    Courage to change the things I can,
    And wisdom to know the difference.

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    J - Jet stream
    Q - Quarrying
    X - ?
    Z - Zooplankton
    'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me,
    There's something going wrong around here

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    The list has been updated. Thanks for the help so far. Lets keep the suggestions rolling....
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    I am scraping the barrel but X could be for xeolite, an alternate spelling for zeolite which is an artificial ceramic which is being developed to filter out CO2 from the atmosphere etc.
    God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
    Courage to change the things I can,
    And wisdom to know the difference.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rheghead View Post
    I am scraping the barrel but X could be for xeolite, an alternate spelling for zeolite which is an artificial ceramic which is being developed to filter out CO2 from the atmosphere etc.

    I'm scraping the barrel too Rhegs......but under K put Knackered ,I was gonnae put it under F but here its a family site.
    Their coming to take me away.....haha-hee-hee-ho-ho

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