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Common Age Groups, across racial distributions, within the U.S Pew Research Center: There was a higher proportion of 27-year-olds in the United States than individuals of any other age in 2018. For white Americans, most common age was 58. Non-Hispanic whites are significantly older than Americans because they were the “biggest population gainers” from theContinue reading “racial, ethnic, age demographics”

U.S.A’s largest renewable energy source comes from wind The United States also employs photovoltaic (PV) systems to capture both direct and scattered sunlight (radiation). Solar energy infrastructure functions more efficiently within the southwestern portion of the U.S because that region receives the largest proportion of available solar radiation. Annual Solar Radiation Map U.S.A

Renewable Energy Potential in the United States Harvard published an interactive map which illustrates the potential energy gradient from sun, wind, and biomass across the U.S within the lower 48 states. It also includes existing or proposed infrastructure to support energy production processes, namely pulp mills, wind farms, and “large solar array facilities”.

VULNERABILITY TO HURRICANE DAMAGE ON THE U.S. GULFCOAST SINCE 1950 Authors Dr. John L.R et al (2015) studied hurricane risks alongside the U.S. Gulf Coast between 1950-2010. The breadth of their data set enabled them to note trends within the data. Their results demonstrate that caucasian, young adult, and “nonpoor populations” have shifted away fromContinue reading “Vulnerability to Hurricanes and Other Extreme Wind Events”