FAQ About Potential Green Topics

1. Definition: gases the cause the greenhouse effect (or warming of the earth’s surface)¹
2. Some GHG occur naturally but they are also produced from the burning of fossil fuels (such as coal)
3. Green House Gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone
4. Ways to stop GHG from being emitted:
• Energy efficient cars
• Carpool or take the bus
• Keep car well maintained to increase efficiency
• Use green energy: anaerobic digestion, geothermal power, wind power, small-scale hydropower, solar power, biomass power, tidal power, and wave power
• Plant trees
• Buy organic products
• Recycle
• Buy recycled paper to reduce the loss of trees which take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere
• Reduce your production of trash (trash in a landfill gives off methane)²
• Use less electricity (such as more efficient light bulbs)
5. What Sunnyvale is doing
• Citizens are increasing the number of fuel efficient cars (hybrids)
• Community garden reduces carbon dioxide in the air
• Solar panels on fire stations/parks
• Energy efficient golf cars 
• More efficient light bulbs in traffic lights

Use the methane created by trash to make energy