Part 2

Persuasive Letter to Susan Davis
Gabriel Saddler, student
San Diego, CA 92102
May 12, 2008
High Tech Middle Media Arts
1809 48 St.
Susan Davis
Representative of CA 53rd Congressional District
Dear Representive Davis,
I’d first like to appreciate you for the strides you have made on the boards of education and military defenses and your commitment to proper sociology in not just
the community but the U.S. government. You have positively affected our education, elections, democracy, healthcare, and environmental needs and impacts such
as fossil fuels and wildlife protection. You have reduced the price of meals for military families, helped raise money for military funds, informed teachers on legislation
at local schools, supported student loans, ceased oil drilling, and even protected veterans from false identity communication.

However the main topic I want to focus on is our environment and how it affects our economy. Math/Science teacher Stacey Lopaz has taught my class and I about
types of energy, energy conservation, various renewable and nonrenewable energy sources, facilities that deal with energy production and manufacturing, and how
different elements and energies affect our ecosystems. We depend on energy mainly electricity for heat, light, and manufacturing to power our house, light up rooms,
use hair dryers, refrigerate our food, work on the computer or laptop, watch television, charge our phones, or even give professional presentations at different
businesses. We mainly depend on fossil fuels which are the remains of dead plants and animals which store chemical energy. Fossil fuels are first nonrenewable or
can't be reused and second take much time to produce. They include: coal, uranium (a metal found in rocks used at nuclear power plants), natural gas, petroleum,
and propane. They are extremely helpful but they produce CFC's (Chlouro Flouric Carbons) such as Carbon Dioxide (CO2) causing the greenhouse effect and
global warming. This is a serious matter because the ozone layer which regulates temperature and protects us from devastating UV rays is being damaged. That's
really bad.

We must transition to using renewable energy sources as oppose to fossil fuels. Renewable energy sources include: biomass (organic or previoulsy living material or
waste), hydropower (moving water), geothermal (heat from the Earth's core), wind, and solar (energy and radiation emitted by the Sun as radiant or thermal energy
[light and heat]). My group studied hydropower which is the most energy sufficient source producing 2.9% of our electricity at hydroelectric dams and more than
61% of Canada's electricity comes from hydropower. It's restored by the water or hydrologic cycle and can be utilized by the moon's gravitational pull through lunar
power or tides.

Besides, many plants take up much land and nonrenewable energy sources have many impacts on the ennvironment. For example, when uranium isn't secured
properly it releases harmful radiation from nuclear power plants which can cause cancer cells to spread, extreme heat and melting matter, or possibly a nuclear
detonation. But making changes will drastically affect our economy especially if we tear down the facilities being a waste of money. We might have to work together
with our countries or continents.

Thank you, very much for your time and hard work. I hope we can all make a change to save "Mother Nature."
Sincerely HTMMA student,
Gabriel Saddler