CONTRIBUTING

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH FOSSIL FUELS?

A GLOBAL CRISIS

Our current way of life demands an ever-increasing amount of energy. That energy is supplied by fossil fuels at a whopping eighty percent.

This wouldn’t be a problem if fossil fuels didn’t come with so many drawbacks.

WHAT’S THE PROBLEM WITH FOSSIL FUELS?

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WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM?

A LOT ACTUALLY...AS AMERICANS AND IOWAS WE CAN STAND TOGETHER TO MAKE OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE

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Not nearly enough.

According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) the US isn't slowing down its consumption of fossil fuels and will continue to be the world's largest consumer of non-renewable energy sources.

of those nonrenewable sources are fossil fuels that will continue to supply the United States for many years to come.

80%

24/50

SO WHAT CAN WE DO?

"THE LONG-TERM OR PERMANENT DAMAGE INFLICTED UPON ALL LIFE, BY THE EXTRACTION, TRANSPORTATION, AND USE OF FOSSIL FUELS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST URGENT PUBLIC ISSUES OF OUR TIME."

-WENDELL BERRY

Not nearly enough.

According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the U.S. isn't slowing down its consumption of fossil fuels and will continue to be the world's largest consumer of non-renewable energy sources.

Eighty percent of those non-renewable sources are carbon-emitting fossil fuels that will continue to supply the United States for many years to come, unless we make changes now.

THE U.S.

Iowa ranks 24th on the list of energy consumption in the United States. While there are no fossil fuel reserves in Iowa, our state does contribute to the fossil fuel industry through high coal consumption mining, fracking sand, and oil use.

IOWA

Iowa is the United States' largest producer of ethanol, which not only deteriorates land, but encourages the conversion of wetlands and grasslands into cropland.