Science with Rainy

                                          Hello, my name is Amy Rainy Willis. I know that I haven't written about the ocean in a while due to other assignments at the time. However today I am not going to be discussing the ocean's problems but what I would do (given the money) to fix them. As most of you know from my previous posts I am focusing on plastic pollution in the ocean. This is a huge problem that kills 100 million marine animals per year! So here's how I would fix it.                    As mentioned in one of my previous blog posts I am a huge fan of a new invention called the Interceptor. It is a 600-meter long floating tube designed to filter the water and collect any filtered trash. The first model was launched in September 2019 by a nonprofit Dutch company called The Ocean Cleanup. The reason wh...

                          Hello, my name is Amy Rainy Willis. Today I am going to be expressing my opinion on an ongoing energy production issue. Having "electricity access" in the words of the IEA is a household that is able to afford 4 lightbulb working for 5 hours a day 1 refrigerator a fan operating 6 hours per day, a mobile phone charger, and a TV operating for 4 hours a day. When all of this is added up in a year this "average family" uses 1,250 kWh per household including standard appliances. So in other words, if you use 1,250 kWh annually or more you are considered having "access" t o electricity.                          Right now an average American household has 4-5 people in it. This means that electricity access is "gained" when one person uses 280 kWh per year. Unfortunately, this interpretation is quite insufficient. For in...