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[] This souce was used for information on the pros and cons regarding alternative energies. This source is great because it has compiled other top of the line sources to give you an outlook onto both sides of different arguments that were about alternative energies, such as the topic of if we will lose or create jobs if we increase our usage of alternative energies. It has 656 hits on altavista.com and with how nice this source is I would give it a 10 out of 10.

[] This source was also used for information on the advantages and disadvantages of alternative energy. This source seems to have good information on it, but I'm not to sure about it since the website it's from seems like the kind of place where anyone could post anything. Because of this and the fact it only got 5 hits on altavista.com I'm giving this source a 5 out of 10.

[] This source was used as a source for information on the advantages and disadvantages of our Action Plan. It was used whe stating some of the disadvantages of shifting more towards alternative energies, and how if we do start using some more nuclear energy to make up for the lack of fossil fuels it could be dangerous. This source seems fairly reputable being a source written by a J.A.L. Robertson who is an M.A. and also in the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada(F.R.S.C.) which is the highest academic accolade for scientists and scholars in Canada. The main page of the website had 320 links to it according to altavisa, overall I would give this website an 8 out of 10.

[] This source was used for information on our Issues page when talking about unemployment due to alternative energies. Stephen used this article on how Spain's unemployment has reached past 20% recently and ties it into his argumrnt on the disadvantages of alternative energies with the fact that Spain has been one of the countries that has really tried to tackle going green by using methods such as alternative energies. Although this article itself is reliable being by USA Today and having 126 links to it according to altavista.com, it was a one of the pieces of information that wasn't as well tied in as it could have been since this article didn't say anything about Spain's unemployment rate being directly connected to alternative energies. Due to that I'm giving it a 7 out of 10.

[] This source was also used when talking about unemployment and economic problems due to the use and employment of alternative energies. This source was used to show an example of what alternative energies can do to a countries economy due to the cost of alternative energies. This source was well used and really brought together the subject of Spain's unemployment being caused by alternative energies. Though altavista.com showed that there were no links to it the articles author, Ben Lieberman, seems to be fairly reliable. For this reason I'm giving this source a 9 out of 10.

[] This source was used for information for our Issues section on how we shouldn't use offshore drilling as shown by the recent oil spill involving BP. This article only had 6 results on altavista.com, but it seems to be a reliable source as it comes from CBS news, which is one of the chief news broadcasters. This source worked well for talking about the dangers of offshore drilling and is overall a nice source 10/10.

[] This source was used for information on our Issues section when Stephen talked briefly abou how the oil spill could affect different populations of sea food which fisheren rely on to make money, such as the oysters. This was an article by Steven Gorman which was found on Reuters.com which caters to business and financial news. This article pertained to what he was stating about how we shouldn't use offshore drilling as it could crash other parts of the economy, the fishermen, if spills occur. On the altavista search it had 1,170 links to it and the top ones were reliable, I'm giving this source a 9.5/10

[] This source was used in the Issues section when talking of the cons of having offshore drilling. This source was mainly used for when Stephen briefly talked about how the current BP oil spill was going to affect the jobs of different people, such as fishermen and how the are now filing law suits. On altavista.com there were only 28 links to it and there was no author named on it, it only said it was done bythe Environmental News Service, for this I am giving it 6 out of 10.

[] This source was used in the Issues section for information on the advantages of offshore drilling. This article mainly talked about how there are some pros to offshore drilling, such as the money a state could make of an offshore drilling program. On altavista.com there was no links to it, though it was from newsobserver.com and by one of their staff writers, so even though it seems legitimate I might only give it a 7 or 8 out of 10.

[] This source was used for information when talking about some of the mistakes and exaggerations Gore made when talking about global warming. This source provides good information as well as having over 6,000 hits on altavista.com and being published by the Science and Public Policy Institute. Overall I would give this source a 10 out of 10, a very nice rebuttle to Gore's information and facts.

[] This source was used as a source of information about the rising sea level. The fact was that the sea level will rise 50 to 90 centimeters over the next 100 years. It was in the part of the argument FOR the fact that sea level is rising. This source was indeed relevant to our topic of the rise in the sea level. This source was useful because it showed how high the sea level could rise. I would rate the integrity of this source as 7/10 because the information seems right and the website seems leigitimate but when I searched on Altavista.com only 11 websites came up.

[] This source was used to cite an example of a country where the economy was not good due to storms. It was used in a section saying that rising sea levels were real. In my opionion I don't believe Julia should have used this source as it is not really relvant to the topic. It was a good fact just the fact did not belong with the rest of the information untiI Julia added the sentence about how erosion comes into play. I would rate the integrity of this source as a 8/10 because it is similar to a wikispaces page but it does have sources to back up the information. It also has 142 hits on Altavista.com. It is a good source.

[] This source was used in a section about how the sea level is rising. The sentence was about how global warming has been around for a while and how greenhouse gasas cause the melting of glaciers. The sentence was very relivent to the section it was in. The source looked very scientific but it was just a paper saved onto the internet. It did though have references at the end of the page. When I ran the page through AltaVista.com I got only two results, both from the website the page was from. I would rate this source 5/10 because of the AltaVista search and the fact that it looks like somebody just posted a term paper online.

[] This source was used in the opening to the Position, which we though was that everything is driven by the economy. This source was simpily used as a tidbit of information to say how the stock market fell 1,000 points in about 5 minutes (it's round, it was really like 993 or something). The source was relevant because I was trying to show that the United States economy was not in good shape. I know for a fact that this is true because I was watchingthe news when the 1,000 point drop happened. When I ran this source on AltaVista was that it had only itself as a source. I should note though that the article only came up 13 days ago (as of May 25, 2010). I would rate this source as a 10/10 because I know for a fact it is true.

[] This source was used in the opening of the Position section. This was a piece of data to tell the costs of how much the Cape Cod wind farm would cost the people and how much it would cost to build. This source was relevant because we were trying to say how the economy affects decisons with alternative energies and that some alternative energies cost a lot of money. I believe this source is reliable because it is from a major news organization, FOX News. When I ran the source through AltaVista it had only itself as a source, but it is only about 2 weeks old (as of May 25, 2010). I would rate this source as a 8/10 because it is from a major news organization butit had no hits on AltaVista.com.

[] This source was used in the position section under offshore drilling. The sentence was about how BP, the oil company tht caused most likly the worst oil spill ever, will lose 12.5 billion dollars in profit at least. This source is relevant to the the topic because the section has a part about how people can lose things during an oil spill, so numbers from a real disaster show what could happen. I believe this source is reliable because it website seems ligitimate and it is a news organization. When I the site through Altavista it only had itself as a source. I would rate this source a 9/10 because it seems relibele but has no AltaVista sources.

[] This source was used in the position section about how alternative energies needed to be introduced over time. This piece of data was about how the $100 per month is spent on gas for a car. This is relevant because I was talking about how oil companies are big and that we spend a lot of money on gas, so if we stopped using them then the economy would collapse. I would rate this source an 8/10 becuase it seems like there should be more money spent on gas and that there were no hits aon AltaVista other than itself.

[] This source was used in the Position Section under Global Warming. The sentence I used was describing how a bill that i previously mentioned had been passed in Congress. This source was relevant because I was talking about that bill and I had stated how much it would cost. This bill would cost people a lot of money so I needed to say that the bill was passed. I would rate this article a 10/10 becuase it had 6 sources on AltaVista andthe website is CBS News, a website that would no lie.

[] This source was used in the Position section under Global Warming. It was a quote about how much it would cost to stop global warming. It was relivent to the section because I was talking about how the economy drives everything, so 515 billion dollars would definitly affect the economy. When I ran through AltaVista it had only itself as a source. I would rate the intergrity as a 5/10 is because the site seems to be an anti-Obama and pro gun website due to the adds and the Barrack Obama things such as a picture that says Allahbama with Barrack Obama on it.