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Gabriel Saddler, studentSan Diego, CA 92102May 12, 2008High Tech Middle Media Arts1809 48 St.Susan DavisRepresentative of CA 53rd Congressional District
Dear Representive Davis,
My name is Gabriel Saddler, and I'm 12-years-old in the 6th grade being a student of Kyle Wagner and Stacey Lopaz. 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 our community and 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 abouttypes of energy, energy conservation, various renewable and nonrenewable energy sources, facilities that deal with energy production and manufacturing, and howdifferent 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 differentbusinesses. We mainly depend on fossil fuels which are the remains of dead plants and animals which store chemical energy. Fossil fuels are first nonrenewable orcan't be reused and second take much time to produce suach as coal. 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, hydropower, geothermal, wind, and solar energy.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. Global warming has caused glaciers to melt, destroying habitats of artic animals and flooding our planet. We may be kids but we as adults always say are the future of the planet. Can you help us make this world a better and healthier place? 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