WEBVTT 00:00.734 --> 00:03.767 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE ENERGY WE USE TO LIGHT OUR HOMES, HEAT OUR SCHOOLS, AND RUN 00:03.767 --> 00:06.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% OUR CARS, COMES FROM MANY SOURCES. 00:06.400 --> 00:10.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% COAL, NATURAL GAS, AND OIL ARE CALLED NONRENEWABLE ENERGY 00:10.000 --> 00:13.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOURCES BECAUSE ONCE WE USE THEM UP, THERE WON'T BE ANY LEFT. 00:13.734 --> 00:16.667 position:10% line:85% size:80% THESE STANDARD SOURCES PROVIDE DEPENDABLE ENERGY. 00:16.667 --> 00:19.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT THESE NONRENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES ADD POLLUTANTS TO THE 00:19.633 --> 00:23.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% AIR, INCREASE GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE, AND MANY ARE 00:23.367 --> 00:24.934 position:10% line:85% size:80% HARD ON THE ENVIRONMENT. 00:25.266 --> 00:27.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET THEIR 00:27.867 --> 00:29.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% ENERGY. 00:29.000 --> 00:31.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% GREEN ENERGY SOURCES ARE RENEWABLE, GENERALLY DON'T 00:31.533 --> 00:34.300 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL WARMING, AND ARE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY 00:34.300 --> 00:35.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% FRIENDLY. 00:35.233 --> 00:37.834 position:10% line:85% size:80% HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF GREEN ENERGY. 00:37.834 --> 00:40.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOLAR POWER CAPTURES ENERGY FROM THE SUN. 00:41.033 --> 00:44.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% THESE TURBINES CREATE ELECTRICITY WITH WIND POWER. 00:44.600 --> 00:47.767 position:10% line:85% size:80% HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY IS CREATED WHETHER WATER FLOWS THROUGH 00:47.767 --> 00:49.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% TURBINES TO MAKE ELECTRICITY. 00:50.333 --> 00:53.400 position:10% line:85% size:80% GEOTHERMAL HEAT, THAT IS HOT WATER FROM DEEP WITHIN THE 00:53.400 --> 00:55.934 position:10% line:85% size:80% EARTH, CAN BE USED AS AN ENERGY SOURCE. 00:55.934 --> 00:58.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS IN BOISE ARE ALREADY HEATED WITH 00:58.433 --> 00:59.934 position:10% line:85% size:80% GEOTHERMAL ENERGY. 01:00.433 --> 01:03.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% OTHER GREEN ENERGY SOURCES INCLUDE USING TIDAL WAVES IN THE 01:03.600 --> 01:07.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% OCEAN, OR BURNING WASTE OR PLANTS TO CREATE ELECTRICITY. 01:07.900 --> 01:11.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% NUCLEAR POWER COULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED GREEN ENERGY. 01:11.100 --> 01:14.033 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THERE'S ONE OTHER IMPORTANT KIND OF GREEN ENERGY THAT YOU 01:14.033 --> 01:15.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT. 01:15.934 --> 01:19.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONSERVING ENERGY OR USING LESS ENERGY IS THE EASIEST AND 01:19.700 --> 01:22.200 position:10% line:85% size:80% CHEAPEST WAY TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT. 01:22.600 --> 01:25.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE ARE SOME SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO SAVE ENERGY. 01:25.734 --> 01:28.133 position:10% line:85% size:80% TURN OFF THE LIGHTS WHEN YOU LEAVE A ROOM. 01:28.133 --> 01:31.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% SET THE THERMOSTAT AT NO MORE THAN 68 DEGREES IN THE WINTER, 01:31.867 --> 01:34.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% OR NO LESS THAN 78 DEGREES IN THE SUMMER. 01:35.367 --> 01:36.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% WALK TO SCHOOL. 01:36.533 --> 01:37.767 position:10% line:85% size:80% RECYCLE. 01:37.767 --> 01:41.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND CHANGE INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULBS TO COMPACT FLUORESCENT 01:41.333 --> 01:42.200 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIGHTS. 01:43.000 --> 01:46.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF WE CONSERVE ENERGY AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE GREEN ENERGY 01:46.734 --> 01:50.467 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOURCES, THEN THE EARTH'S FUTURE WILL STAY BRIGHTER TOO.