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 * [|First part of my research!]
 * S[|econd part of my research!]
 * How can I reduce my ecological footprint by reducing air pollution by carpooling?

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Expiriment question: Can I convince my parents to carpool more often with the data I took for two weeks? Hypothisis: I think that my parents could be convinced to start carpooling more.

Who: people of Donora PA What:20 people died of cardiac and respritory desease. 6,000 people complained of coughing, respritory tract irritation, cheast pain, headaches, nausea, and throwing up. When: 1948 Were: Donora PA Why: sulfer dioxide mixed with unusual tempretures and foggy weather. How:N/A The air pollution from power plants cause heat waves, more air pollution, extreme weather conditions, and infectionous deseases. All these things lead to higher death tools and higher risks for illnesses. Cause: Us driving our cars and trucks. effect: Raising tempretures, killing animals, causing cancer, respritory problems and much more.
 * Between 1970 through 1990, the Clean Air Act stoped 205,000 premature deaths, 21,000 heart desease cases, and 843,000 asthma attacks.
 * Carpooling saves time, money, wearand tear on your car, and the enviornment.
 * In places like San Francisco and Washington D.C., people use casual carpooling or instant carpooling. It's where a car that can hold a minimum of 3 people pulls up to a specific spot in a parking lot or something like that and holds a sign to or shout out the name of the destination that they're going to and people come and take the ride. People in cities like Washington D.C. and Pittsburg use this metheod


 * Day of the week || How many hrs I drove || Number of gallons spent || number of miles || Cost of gas ||  ||
 * Monday || 10 min || 1/4 gallon || 1/2 mile || $3.61 ||  ||
 * Tuesday || 57 min || 2 gallons || 1 mile || $3.61 ||  ||
 * Wensday || 20 min || 1 gallon || 3/4 mile || $3.61 ||  ||
 * Thursday || 1 hr. 45 min. || 4 gallons || 3 miles || $3.61 ||  ||
 * Friday || 47 min. || 2 gallons || 2 miles || $3.61 ||  ||
 * Saturday || 10 min || 1/4 gallons || 1/2 miles || $3.61 ||  ||
 * Day of the week || How many hours I drove || number of gallons spent || number of miles I drove || cost of gas || Number of people in car ||
 * Sunday || 1 hr. 30 min. || 3 gallons || 4 miles || $3.61 || 5 ||
 * Monday || 2 hrs. 10 min || 6 gallons || 8 miles || $3.71 || 2 ||
 * Tuesday || 2 hrs .30 min || 7 gallons || 8 1/2 miles || $3.71 || 2 ||
 * Wensday || 30 min || 1/2 gallon || 1/2 mile || $3.71 || 2 ||
 * Thursday || 20 min || 1/3 gallon || 1/2 mile || $3.71 || 2 ||
 * Friday || 1 hr || 2 gallons || 1 mile || $3.71 || 2 ||

The graph of carpooling This is the graph and data I took with the data of comparinbg the miles I drove compared to the cost of gas. The cost of gas was steady all week rising 10 cents on monday going from $3.61 to $3.71.The miles I drove to do daily errands and occasinal acctivities was varied all throughout the week.

The graph of not carpooling This is a graph and data of how much gas I spent copmpared to miles I drove compared to cost of gas.The gas price was the same all week according to the Wawa gas station by the post office. In this graph I didn't carpool. The mileage was also varied.

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