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The United States = A country of central and northwest North America with coastlines on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It includes the noncontiguous states of Alaska and Hawaii and various island territories in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Fourth Edition 2000.) Federal Government = of or relating to the three branched government in a democracy (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Fourth Edition 2000.) Should = Used in auxiliary function to express obligation, propriety, or expediency.( Merriam- Webster online. “Should” http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary.) Substantially = to great extent of degree (Webster’s Online Dictionary. “Substantially.” http://dictoinary.cambrige.org/define.asp?key=7947&dict=CALD) Increase = to make greater, in quality, or size. (Dictionary.com Unabridged <v 1.1> “Increase” http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/increase) Alternative energy = energy from moving water, wind, the sun and gas from animal waste (from the U.S. Department of Energy webpage titled “alternative energy”.) Incentive = something which encourages a person to do something (from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary) In = inside or towards the inside of a container, place or area, or surrounded or enclosed by something (from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary) The United States = A country of central and northwest North America with coastlines on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It includes the noncontiguous states of Alaska and Hawaii and various island territories in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Fourth Edition 2000.) Alternative- A possible course of action, in pace of another that would meet the same purpose and need of the proposal. (From the Environmental Impact Assessment webpage eia.unu.edu/course/.) Energy- Electricity that is made from fuel resources from the environment, such as wind, water, or solar. (from the Choose energy, Education center under Electricity Glossary www.chooseenergy.com/education-center-electricity-glossary.htm) Incentives- An incentive is an inducement or stimulus (the carrot or the stick), that encourages someone to do something. (From U4 webpage titled “Corruption Glossary”
www.u4.no/document/glossary.cfm) Renewable energy = any naturally occurring, theoretically inexhaustible source of energy, as biomass, solar, wind, tidal, wave, and hydroelectric power, that is not derived from fossil or nuclear fuel. (Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.) http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/renewable%20energy