Biodiesel

Biodiesel is a form of diesel fuel that is both safe and biodegradable, along with releasing less pollutants into the air. It can be made from vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled restaurant greases. Simple steps can be followed to make biodiesel at home.

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To make biodiesel at home, follow these steps:

1. Use vegetable oil or get used restaurant greases
2. Filter out the particles
3. Titrate to see how acidic the oil is
4. Add in some basic reagent
5. Heat oil to 120 F
6. Drain the glycerin until the biodiesel becomes lighter and thinner
7. Air out the biodiesel for a day or so

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Soils and Rocks

Twelve Soil Orders:

1. Gelisols-have permafrost within 100 cm of the soil surface
2. Histosols-consists primarily of organic materials 3.
Spodosols-soils with mixtures of organic matter and aluminum
4. Andisols-soils dominated by short-ranger-order minerals

5. Oxisols-mixtures of quartz, kaolin, free oxides, and organic matter found in tropical and subtropical environments

6. Vertisols-soils with a lot of expanding clay

7. Aridisols- CaCO3 containing soils of arid environments with subsurface horizon development. No water for plants

8. Ultisols-contains translocated silicate clay and few bases

9. Mollisols- base rich

10. Alfisols-base saturation of 35 percent or greater and have a argillic horizon

11. Inceptisols-soils of humid or subhumid regions with that have altered horizons that have lost bases but retain weatherable materias

12. Entisols-soils with little or no morphological development

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The soil types in Georgia include:

• Clay
• Sand
• Loam
• combinations of the primary three mixed with salt, rock, and sediments

Also, more information on Georgia soils can be found using this link: Georgia Soils

Micaceous Schist

• metamorphic rock made by the metamorphosis of mudstone or shale, and some igneous rock
• made up of alternating lighter and darker bands of color

Community Gardens

Lately the popularity of community gardens has been increasing because of the many benefits they provide. Positive environmental and societal aspects exist with the creation of community gardens. Community gardens can contain only flowers and other plants that are to only look at, but then some community gardens also provide fresh foods. When food is grown locally, less greenhouse gas emissions are put into the environment from state to state food transport. More environmental benefits include reducing the effects of climate change and the restoration of natural areas after so many have been torn down. Also, as of May 2013, U.S. Department of Agricultural statistics have shown that around 15 percent of the world’s food is now grown in urban areas. Societal benefits are also an effect of community gardens. Some believe that community gardens reduce isolation within communities to create more social environments and support community involvement. These forms of gardens are also very educational because they contain a variety of wildlife and plant species, as wells as being an interesting and fun place to spend time.