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 * HR 3776**
 * Alex Anne M and Caroline B**
 * Energy Storage Technology Advancement Act of 2007**

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 * This bill has been sponsored by Bart Gordon on October 9, 2007.

The reason for this bill is to research programs for energy conservation, and energy storage for vehicles and electrical appliances. This bill is also about funding for coordinating public organizations like this. Recycling devices and promoting electric vehicles are also promoted in this bill. Also in this bill are research, development, and demonstration in order to discover new ways of storing our all-too-important energy.

Because of the sudden rise in the amount of CO2 in our atmosphere, humans have been trying to reduce their u****se in energy. To help out this cause Bart Gordon proposed it to congress, with this history of environmental issues in mind. Ever since Al Gore's movie, //An Inconvenient Truth came out, humans all around the world have been worrying about Global Warming, and energy conservation. People believe that ever since the Industrial Revolution, too much carbon dioxide has been emitted into the atmosphere, causing the "blanket" over our planet to thicken, which makes the Earth warmer. //**


 * In addition, the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, has increased dramatically over recent years. This causes even more CO2 to be brought into the air. Not many people know that coal is fossils of prehistoric animals. It is good for fuel when burned and is found in the Earth's ground in mines. Coal is a nonrenewable resource. When we run out of coal, which will be soon enough, there will be none left. Hopefully, if bills like these gets passed into law, we will not need to depend on coal or other fossil fuels any more. EPA (the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) puts an emphasis on coal mining in what they would like to do about energy. Many people do not want for coal mining to stop coal mining for good, because of our dependent technology on it, however regulation is what we need. It states, "  EPA is concerned about environmental damages from coal mining, but believes that a large portion of U.S. coal reserves can be mined if strict environmental safeguards are applied. Uncertainly about eventual mining and reclamation standards has deterred production of coal. EPA favors immediate passage of legislation to regulate coal mining and enforcement of strict mining and reclamation standards under it.  "    **
 * Bart Gordon is not alone in trying to pass well-thought-out energy laws.**

Wind = a renewable resource Tennessee Senator Bart Gordon
 * This bill is currently under consent of subcommittees of Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment. There have been no amendments to it yet. It is in referral within different committees and subcommittees.**

An example of an energy storage system A cartoon representing our use of fossil fuels

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