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Here is the equation for complete combustion of fossil fuels:
C3H8 + 5O2 yields 3CO2 + 4H2O
Incomplete combustion can also occur which create the deadly gas carbon monoxide.
Acid rain is also caused by combustion of fossil fuels. Carbonic, sulfuric, and nitric can be dissolved in rain which can lower its ph to 2.7. This rain can damage stone, concrete, and metal structures.
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Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons so they contain hydrogen, carbon, and other elements. When the hydrocarbon reacts with oxygen, carbon dioxide and water are produced.
Fossil Fuels are formed by the compression of decaying organisms deep underground. These organisms eventually break down into hydrocarbons which forms fossil fuels.
Here is the equation for complete combustion of fossil fuels:
C3H8 + 5O2 yields 3CO2 + 4H2O
{http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/images/chap08_in_barrel_of_oil.jpg} What's in a barrel of oil.

2025Implement an economy‐wide cap‐and‐trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80
percent by 2050
for in depht on this plan click on the link
http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/factsheet_energy_speech_080308.pdf

Within 10 years save more oil than we currently import from the Middle East and Venezuela
combined
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Put 1 million Plug‐In Hybrid cars –cars that can get up to 150 miles per gallon –on the road by
2015, cars that we will work to make sure are built here in America
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Ensure 10 percent of our electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012, and 25 percent by
2025
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Implement2025Implement an economy‐wide
percent by 2050

Provisions of Tax Credit
The clean energy property tax credit is based on the cost of clean energy property placed into service in Georgia or the amount of wood residuals transported or diverted to a renewable biomass qualified facility. The maximum credit for each installation is limited to the lesser of either 35% of the cost of the clean energy property or the caps as identified in the statute.
Tax Credit
For clean energy property, the credit is taken for the taxable year in which the property is placed into service. There is a five year carry-forward provision for the clean energy property tax credits. The taxpayer can not claim more than one credit for the same piece of clean energy property (for example, installation of a ENERGY STAR geothermal heat pump in a new building that exceeds ASHRAE standards by 30% can not reap both tax credits).
Tax Credit Administration
tonnage basis.
Certification
adequate records.
Clean energy property tax credits apply to:
Renewable Energy
Energy Efficient building' means for other than single-family residential property, new or retrofitted buildings that are designed, constructed, and certified to exceed the standards set forth in the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers 2004 standard (ASHRAE 90.1.2004) by 30 percent.
United States
TheProvide short‐term relief to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included more than $60 billion in clean energy investments that will jump-start our economy and buildfamilies facing pain at the clean energy jobs of tomorrow:
$11 billion for a bigger, better, and smarter grid that will move renewable energy from the rural places it is produced to the cities where it is mostly used, as well as for 40pump
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Help create five million smart meters to be deployed in American homes.
$5 billion for low-income home weatherization projects.
$4.5 billion to green federal buildings and cut our energy bill, saving taxpayers billions of dollars.
$6.3 billion for state and local renewable energy and energy efficiency efforts.
$600 million in green job training programs – $100 million to expand line worker training programs and $500 million for green workforce training.
$2 billion in competitive grants to develop the next generation of batteries to store energy.
Increasing, for the first time in more than a decade, the fuel economy standards for Model Year 2011 for cars and trucks so they will get better mileage, saving drivers money and spurring companies to develop more innovative products.
The President issued a memorandum to the Department of Energy to implement more aggressive efficiency standards for common household appliances, like dishwashers and refrigerators. Through this step, over the next three decades, we’ll save twice the amount of energy produced by all the coal-fired power plants in America in any given year.
Supporting the first steps of a legally-binding treaty to reduce mercury emissions worldwide.
On Earth Day 2009, the President unveiled a program to develop the renewable energy projects on the waters of our Outer Continental Shelf that produce electricity from wind, wave, and ocean currents. These regulations will enable, for the first time ever, the nation to tap into our ocean’s vast sustainable resources to generate clean energy in an environmentally sound and safe manner.
To take this country in a new direction, the President is working with Congress to pass comprehensive legislation to protect our nation from the serious economic and strategic risks associated with our reliance on foreign oil and the destabilizing effects of a changing climate. Policies to advance energy and climate security should promote economic recovery efforts, accelerate job creation, and drive clean energy manufacturing by:
Investing in the Clean Energy Jobs of the Future
President Obama does not accept a future in which the jobs and industries of tomorrow take root beyond our borders. It is time for the United States to lead again. Under President Obama, we will lead again, by developing an American clean energy industry, a 21st century economy that flourishes within our borders.
Creating new Jobs in the Clean Energy Economy. Drive the development of new, green jobs that pay well and cannot be outsourced.
Investing in the Next Generation of Energy Technologies. Investstrategically investing $150 billion over the next ten years in energy research and development to transition
to catalyze private efforts to build a clean energy economy.
Securing our Energy Future
Our reliance onfuture.
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Within 10 years save more oil poses a threat to our economic security. Over the last few decades,than we have watched our economy rise and fall along withcurrently import from the price of a barrel of oil. We must commit ourselves to an economic future in which the strength of our economy is not tied to the unpredictability of oil markets. We must make the investments in clean energy sources that will curb our dependence on fossil fuelsMiddle East and make America energy independent.
Breaking Dependence on Oil. Promote the next generation ofVenezuela
combined
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Put 1 million Plug‐In Hybrid cars and trucks and the fuels they run on.
Producing More Energy at Home. Enhance U.S. energy supplies through responsible development of domestic renewable energy, fossil fuels, advanced biofuels and nuclear energy.
Promoting Energy Efficiency. Promote investments–cars that reducing energy bills in the transportation, electricity, industrial, building and agricultural sectors.
Closing the Carbon Loophole and Cracking Down on Polluters
We must take immediate actioncan get up to reduce150 miles per gallon –on the carbon pollutionroad by
2015, cars that threatens our climate and sustains our dependence on fossil fuels. We have had limits in place on pollutants like sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and other harmful emissions for some time. After decades of inaction, we will finally close the carbon pollution loophole by limiting the amount of carbon polluterswork to make sure are allowed to pump into the atmosphere.
Closing the Carbon Loophole. By stemming carbon pollution through a market-based cap, we can addressbuilt here in a systematic way all the energy challenges that we face: curbingAmerica
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Ensure 10 percent of our dependence on foreign oil, reducing our use of fossil fuels,electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012, and promoting new industries right here in America.
Protecting American Consumers. Revenues generated25 percent by closing the carbon loophole will be returned
2025
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Implement an economy‐wide cap‐and‐trade program to the people, especially vulnerable families, communities, and businesses.
Promoting U.S. Competitiveness. Ensure a level playing field for domestic manufacturing and secure significant actions to combat climate changereduce greenhouse gas emissions 80
percent by our trading partners.
2050

Georgia
the state's effoeffort
The clean energy property tax credits apply to solar, wind and energy efficiency projects, geothermal heat pumps, and certain biomass equipment for making electricity. There are caps on the credits for certain residential and non-residential installations.
Quality standards, such as ENERGY STAR for geothermal heat pumps and a high efficiency standard (exceeding ASHRAE 90.1.2004 by 30%) for lighting and buildings, determine eligibility for the tax credit.
For biomass facilities, the clean energy property tax credit applies only to gasification/pyrolysis processes.
For the purposes of the wood residuals tax credit, wood residuals include urban wood waste, land clearing residues, and pellets, but not wood from US National Forest. Wood residuals must be delivered to qualifying facilities that are biomass-to-electricity plants that sell electricity to a third party.
Annual Cap: $2.5 Million for BOTH the Clean Energy Property and Wood Residuals Tax Credit (first come, first served basis)
Sunset for the Clean Energy Property and Wood Residuals Tax Credit: December 31, 2012
Provisions of Tax Credit
The clean energy property tax credit is based on the cost of clean energy property placed into service in Georgia or the amount of wood residuals transported or diverted to a renewable biomass qualified facility. The maximum credit for each installation is limited to the lesser of either 35% of the cost of the clean energy property or the caps as identified in the statute.
Installment of Tax Credit
For clean energy property, the credit is taken for the taxable year in which the property is placed into service. There is a five year carry-forward provision for the clean energy property tax credits. The taxpayer can not claim more than one credit for the same piece of clean energy property (for example, installation of a ENERGY STAR geothermal heat pump in a new building that exceeds ASHRAE standards by 30% can not reap both tax credits).
Tax Credit Administration
Responsibility for the implementation and accounting of this tax incentive will be shared by the Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR), Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) and Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority (GEFA). DOR will be responsible for reporting annually the number of taxpayers claiming the tax incentive, the cost of business property and clean energy property related to credits claimed, and the total tax credits claimed. GEFA will be responsible for reporting the energy and economic benefits of the clean energy property tax credits. GFC will be responsible for assigning values to the wood residues on a per tonnage basis.
Certification
The burden of proving eligibility for a tax credit rests on the taxpayer, and the taxpayer is required to maintain adequate records.
Clean energy property tax credits apply to:
Renewable Energy
Solar Photovoltaic Panels and Thermal Electric Systems
Solar Thermal Systems
Wind Systems
Biomass Facilities
Energy Efficiency
ENERGY STAR qualified Geothermal Heat Pump Systems
Lighting Retrofit Projects.
'Lighting retrofit project' means a lighting retrofit system that employs dual switching (ability to switch roughly half the lights off and still have fairly uniform light distribution), delamping, daylighting, relamping, or other controls or processes which reduce annual energy and power consumption by 30 percent compared to the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers 2004 standard.
Energy Efficient Buildings
Energy Efficient building' means for other than single-family residential property, new or retrofitted buildings that are designed, constructed, and certified to exceed the standards set forth in the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers 2004 standard (ASHRAE 90.1.2004) by 30 percent.
United States
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included more than $60 billion in clean energy investments that will jump-start our economy and build the clean energy jobs of tomorrow:

Georgia
Governor Sonny Perdue has committed all state agencies in Georgia to reduce energy consumption 15 percent below 2007 levels by 2020. The Governor also challenged Georgia’s citizens, businesses and local governments to match the state's effo
United States
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included more than $60 billion in clean energy investments that will jump-start our economy and build the clean energy jobs of tomorrow: