What is Antimatter

God created the world in opposites. Day and night, light and dark, matter… and antimatter which means antimatter is the opposite of matter. It is what powers the sun and might be used to power spaceships (like in Star Trek) and a full city.

Antimatter is identical to normal matter except that their electric charges are opposite to the ones you find in matter. Antimatter can be used as a really powerful fuel: Ten milligrams of antimatter has as much energy as two hundred metric tons of conventional rocket fuel, which is enough to power Auckland for one whole day.

Antimatter is eco friendly and 100% efficient, a very sustainable product. It has no byproducts, radiation nor pollution. If the planet switched to using antimatter instead of burning fossil fuels, global warming might cease.

However, antimatter is highly unstable. If it comes in contact with any sort of matter, they both will just disappear, causing an explosion which is called annihilation. A full gram can probably bring the whole of Auckland down, about the same amount of damage done as the atomic bomb dropped in Hiroshima, so to keep antimatter, you need special traps that have magnetic fields in them, to keep it in the very centre of the trap, and it has to have vacuum in them or the antimatter is in contact with air (air is matter too). That is how it can be used as power.

When antimatter annihilates, it releases and gives off pure energy. The energy source is called photons which is really a flash of light which means that the matter and antimatter disappear in a flash of light. The motor can contain an annihilation tank which contains liquid antimatter and rubbish. A tiny droplet can be dropped onto the rubbish which causes annihilation and the energy can be used. A very eco friendly way to get rid of rubbish!

Therefore antimatter can be used as a really powerful weapon of destruction. Not only has it got the power of an atomic bomb, it also has nothing anyone can trace and track down.

Therefore now one question still remains. Will the greatest power source known to man save the world or will it be used as the most deadly weapon ever?

How Pink Batts heat your house

People will come to my house for the first time and say it’s so toasty and warm in here. What’s your secret? Well..

Pink Batts is it! Pink Batts is a company that installs pink batts which are thermal installation that keeps your house nice and warm for your kids to play in for the winter and nice and cool for the summer. 

Pink Batts works by trapping heaps of tiny pockets of air inside. This air is held still and not allowed to move creating an effective barrier to heat transfer. Pink Batts will help you reduce the amount of different heating your home needs which lowers your amount of money you use each month on heating your house. 

Pink Batts is also very sustainable and environmentally friendly as it is manufactured from 80% recycled glass and is reducing the impact on the landfills each year. If any of your family members have health problems such as asthma it’s no problem to get Pink Batts and it is not hazard to your health of your family. 

I suggest more families to get Pink Batts installed as it’s perfect for the winter and summer time conditions and it’s very sustainable.

Pink Batts

Pink Batts is popular around New Zealand and Australia. It is a company used to insulate families homes. It is affective and costumers mostly have good responses.

Pink Batts is a great way to keep your home environmentally friendly as it is made out of 70% recycled glass. Pink Batts use services such as under floor insulation, wall insulation, ceiling insulation and roof insulation. Pink Batts has friendly service and is an easy way to keep you and your family warm!

Installing pink batts is a great idea but there's one point that isn't so great. You still have to have heaters. Seeing as Pink Batts insulation does not produce heat but only traps it in, you still in need of heater.

I would recommend Pink Batts as it is a great, friendly and green way of keeping you warm!

How Pink Batts Heat Your House

Pink Batts are a pink, fluffy insulation system, used in New Zealand and Australia, of which you have underneath walls and in the ceiling etc. and keeps the heat in your house.

Pink Batts contain fabrics such as polyester which traps the heat in the fabric, allowing the heat to keep the house warm as a result, similar to how your clothes and blankets work. It is an eco friendly version of greenhouse gas which traps the sun’s heat in the atmosphere.

Pink Batts only trap heat but they don't produce any therefore you still need heaters etc. to heat your house but Pink Batts can make the heat last which means you can turn off the heater. It also means you are saving the environment by not using too many resources.

Pink Batts are really useful, especially in winter.

What is Biofuel?

People say that Biofuel is just a replacement of normal fuel or it’s just environmentally friendly. But is it actually? Is it a replacement for fuel but more eco- friendly?

Biofuel is actually a wide range of different fuels that are derived from biomass. Biofuel is solid biomass, liquid fuels and various biogases. What is biomass and liquid fuels? Biomass is biological material derived from living or previous living organisms. Some of these organisms are: wood, waste, (hydrogen) gas, and alcohol fuels. Biomass is usually plant matter that is grown to produce heat and energy. Biomass also includes biodegradable wastes which are not organic substances like fossil fuels which have been made into coal and petroleum.

What are liquid gases? Liquid gases are energy-generating molecules that can be combined to create mechanical energy. Most liquid gases derived from fossil fuels. Hydrogen fuel is also classified as liquid fuel which is the fumes from liquid gas but is flammable.

So basically biofuel is a range of various fuels that actually can replace normal fuels and I think that normal fuel is classified as biofuel.

What The Greenhouse Effect Is, What It Does and How It Is Created

The Greenhouse effect is a known cause of global warming but what is it, what can it cause and how exactly does it work?

The Greenhouse effect is a cause of global warming when sunlight enters the earths atmosphere but is not allowed to leave with all the gasses we let out of multiple gasses out of cars, power plants, factories and many more.

One of the layers of atmosphere around the earth is commonly known as the Ozone Layer and this is where the Greenhouse effect takes place. As the gasses rise, they are trapped inside the Ozone Layer, thickening the stratosphere.

This then also traps all the heat, some manage to leave the atmosphere and bounce back into space, but some dont, which then heats the earth twice as much.

That then melts ice by heating water around it. It also melts the ice by shining on it, like putting a block of ice under a warm lamp. Now imagine a cup with one block of ice in it, the ice melts but the water stays in the same place. Although if you put many blocks in the water then overflows dripping out of the cup. This is the same with the earth. Think that all this is caused by us polluting the air so heat is trapped.

If we do not soon change our ways, we will not have our earth as beautiful so be careful with how much you pollute and help contribute to the Greenhouse effect.

What is Global Warming? How does it work?

A lot of people don’t believe that global warming is a real issue but some believe it is and so here is an explanation on how it does work for those who believe it is true. Is global warming a natural cycle or did man create it?

Greenhouse gases do NOT affect global warming but people seem to think that greenhouse gases cause global when in fact they have nothing to do with it. Greenhouse gases are mainly: water vapour, carbon dioxide, atmospheric methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, chlorofluorocarbons. Greenhouse gases actually only play a small part in the role of global warming. It helps heat the planet because of the gases and eventually once the gases get warmer the ice will melt faster and the planet will heat up faster. Greenhouse gases also help because the heat can go into Earth and than when it wants to get back out it can’t because it only rebounds back and stays inside the planet.

What is global warming? Global warming is when the climate changes and the whole planet gets warmer but some parts of the planet are not as affected as others. The climate changes are happening due to two reasons which is internal and external. Global warming can be natural but also can be manmade.

Why New Zealand Is Not A Green Country

New Zealand are lucky as they are such a green country, or are they?
New Zealand comes across as a green, environment friendly, healthy and sustainable country but behind the scenes they are just the same as any other country, dirty, slimy and unsustainable, the exact opposite to what the environment needs.

New Zealand is turning to an unhealthy environment we are losing fossil fuels and producing more green house gases which again is unsustainable as well . Also which country made a whole in the ozone layer? New Zealand did! This is my point New Zealand are getting influenced by other countries and becoming more unsustainable. We need to change.

New Zealand is trying its hardest to become a green country but we are not because we do not recycle enough, we do not reuse and reduce enough, we don’t use enough public transport or car pooling and our biggest problem is that when we use paper we use alot of it! Our class did an experiment to see how much sheets of paper we use a year, it turned out we use about 600,000 sheets of paper a year per class! That is to much to use if our country wants to be a green and sustainable country.

So come on New Zealand be green and clean !

Why Is New Zealand A Green Country?

New Zealand is a green country and New Zealand can influece the world to become green counties too. New Zealand is a country that is proud of our scenery because it is a beautiful place and we want to keep it that way.

New Zealand has thought of many ways to keep us a green country. Some of these ways are-to recycle, re use and reduce, walk, take the bus or bike e.t.c to help us from pollution, to not use so much plastic and re-use it if you do, and to use less electricity by turning the lights off or having a shorter shower. They were only some of the ways that people, today make our country a green country.

The world is getting to point where people are taking things for granted and ruining their earth. Many things have happened to millions of people and is just going to get worse .Many things like-Water levels rising, Global warming and pollution. They are some of the main problems, today.

New Zealand is doing there bit to help the earth and will continue to help.

How Pink Batts Heat Your House.

Pink Batts have been around for a while now but what are they, how do you install them, how do they heat your house?

Pink Batts are warm, dry and quiet.

Heat travels from warm temperature zones to cold temperature zones, in the winter the heat from inside your home will escape outside becuase it is cooler outside in winter to make your house the same temperature as outside. Pink Batts pretty much produces a barrier to stop the heat from escaping outside. Pink Batts can be installed in your ceiling, walls and floors.


Pink Batts stop leaky buildings also and stop too much noise getting in and out of your home by making soundwaves bounce around.

Pink Batts have been given the big thumbs up by the Environmental Choice New Zealand. they are very environmentally friendly, Pink Batts use up to 80% of recycled glass.


You can find Pink Batts at Carters, Forman Building Systems, ITM, Mitre Ten, Place Makers.

I believe PInk Batts are a great idea and i advise you to look further into this idea.

How Pink Batts Heat Your House

Pink Batts are a source of insulation in New Zealand and Australian houses and are pink and fluffy, the question is, how do they work?

Heat will naturally want to escape to cooler air and a colder climate so the fluffy Pink Batts will keep the heat inside for longer because of the tiny pockets of air that are trapped and not able to move in the fluff, which then means the air pushes the warmer air back into your house.
Having a heat pump or fire place will also help the heat stay in with Pink Batts insulating your house and keeping it warm, meaning you dont have to use your electricity or wood for quite as long saving power, wood and money that are very valuable.
Pink Batts are very environmentally friendly and have been given the “Big Tick” by Environmental Choice New Zealand,who mark environmentally friendly products in New Zealand (also known as ecolabelling) as they are made of up to 80% recycled glass in the North Island plant and up to 55% in the South Island plant.
Pink Batts heat your house and are environmentally friendly so they are pleasing owners and the Planet Earth.

How Pink Batts heat your house?

Do you know the feeling when you walk into a new house. How it feels all warm and inviting. Well that house will have Pink Batts installed in it. Pink Batts is made out of 80% glass, which would otherwise go to landfill, it was also the first insulation in New Zealand to receive the “Big Tick” from the Environmental Choice New Zealand. Pink Batts will help to keep your house warm, dry and quiet.

When Pink Batts are installed they produce a barrier to the heat escaping trapping the heat inside where you want it. Pink Batts work by trapping millions of tiny pockets of air inside it. The air that is trapped is held still and is not allowed to move, by this happening it’s creating an extremely effective barrier to heat transfer.

So I give Pink Batts the thumbs up for recycling your glass and turning it into something to keep you warm in winter.

Why New Zealand is a clean green country

At the moment a lot of people are on a different side about this topic. Is New Zealand a clean green country or is that just what people say?

In this explanation I will show reason as to why people of NZ believe that there are two differing opionions.

A lot of people consider us as the 'fortunate ones', we are not concerned about overpopulation, industrialisation which is the process of social and economic change that transforms a human group from a pre-industrial society into an industrial society.

We have no natural disasters, New Zealand is a wealthy country and by many people are seen as a clean green country. Every bit counts, if everyone recycles our resources are conserved, landfill volumes are reduced and less energy is required to produce materials.

This is what happens to the produce we put out for recycling:

Plastic containers get sold on to companies in New Zealand, Australia and China who will use the plastic flakes from these containers to make new items such as soft drink bottles, pillow and sleeping bag filling, recycling bins and speed bumps.

Paper is transported to paper mills. Locally, some of the paper is recycled at the Penrose Mill while the remainder is exported overseas to various markets such as Malaysia. The paper and cardboard is then sorted into types and washed, bleached and rolled to make recycled board. It can then be used to make a huge range of items for the printing and packaging industry.

Glass is recycled at the O-I New Zealand plant in Auckland where it is further sorted into individual groups - clear glass, amber glass and green glass. The glass can then be used as new glass bottles and jars and in some parts of road construction.

Aluminium is sent to Australia or Japan for recycling. Both these products are able to be recycled over and over again.

New Zealand has been seen as a clean green country for a very long time all over the world for our clean air, lush forests, clear rivers and lakes. If we keep going how we are going- not recycling properly, using too much petrol- making fuel harder to find and more expensive and polluting our air, using plastic bags instead of eco-friendly bags, overfishing and extinction of rare species of birds.

New Zealand has a lot to do if we want to still be seen as a clean green country!

Why New Zealand is a Green Country

New Zealand is considered a green country by the rest of the world, but why? New Zealand is just an ordinary, plain one. Why is it considered a green country?

We New Zealanders hardly litter. It is to everyone’s pleasure that we keep the environment clean, not only by not littering but also by not cutting down natural forests (In fact, we aren’t even allowed to cut down trees without permission from the government), and by planting more trees. What’s more is that everyone helps so there is no hassle in which we worry about the nation not co-operating. In other nations, the law might even be stricter but no one listens so it doesn’t differ. The most one can do is give a fine but what’s the point? The damage is already done and although that person might cease to litter or cut down trees, the other citizens still might and their offspring also might.

No doubt that New Zealand has the least nuclear waste in the world since we don’t even do nuclear testing and develop no nuclear weapons. Nuclear power has always been a thing we New Zealanders opposed and one that we always will, for, we don’t encourage war and especially ones that involve nuclear weapons.

New Zealand encourages sustainability which means we recycle everything we can by either reusing it or throwing it in the recycling bin. Used paper can make cardboard, coke cans are cleaned, repaired and sent back to the supermarket. Similar things such milk cartons are recycled the same way. Schools keep compost bins to throw away food scraps in a better way.

For another fact, at least you can’t look directly at the sun (when there are no clouds blocking the view) for more than a second without getting sore eyes in New Zealand. From other countries such as China, India, Korea, Japan and a lot of Asia, you can because there is so much pollution in the air that it fogs up your view of the sun.

That is why New Zealand is one of the cleanest countries in the world at present.

How Pink Batts heat your house

Up in my roof I have some Pink Batts hanging upside down sleeping, and thats why my little sister won’t go up there because she is scared of bats.

Just joking Pink Batts are a insulating system that are made out of 80% glass which is turned in to a glass wool insulation, but they keep your house warm, dry and snug. In our house we have Pink Batts in our roof and in the floor, Pink Batts are like a cosy blanket over the house that allows the heat to come in and keeps it in, so they are very helpful in the winter time.

Pink Batts are an eco - friendly choice and a sustainable product. My family includes one asthmatic person but Pink Batts do not have an effect on her, as they are perfectly safe for any allergies.

If you are thinking about getting some Pink Batts installed you should know you can get them installed for you and they are no hassle at all.

So thumbs up to Pink Batts!

How Pink Batts Heat Your House

I was building a house and I needed to know how I could keep my house cozy and warm so that it would be heated throughout the winter. Then I thought of Pink Batts but what is it?

Pink Batts are something that as you build your house you insulate it and once you have finally moved in especially in winter you will walk into a warm, dry and quiet home so no noise no cold and no dampness. Pink Batts is made of 80% recycled glass in the north island of New Zealand.

To insulate Pink Batts you can either get enough to do it yourself or get someone to come in and do it for you. Pink Batts is a eco-friendly system that you don’t need to replace or even worry about it unless your getting it installed but even that isn’t very hard.

It is warm because as soon as you walk into your home after a long cold day in the winter you feel a warm inviting feeling that feels relaxing and comforting. Pink Batts is dry because it is a damp-proof substance and you don’t even need a air conditioning system because it keeps you warm anyway and air conditioning just makes it damper.

So I recommend that you should use Pink Batts.

Why New Zealand is a Green Country?

New Zealand is being challenged that although it seems like a clean green country what is really behind the scenes of recycling and is it really that clean and green or is it polluted and not well looked after?

Everyone in New Zealand recycles except for maybe 2% but the truth is every little bit counts. Once the locals have put their recycle bins out what happens after that? As soon as the recycling truck has collected your bin, it runs straight to the recycle plant. Next the recycling gets sorted into the materials as this is being done, the products that are not meant to be there get thrown out with the normal rubbish. Once this cycle is finished the recycled objects get put into bales and are getting ready for market. A lot of New Zealand recycled products get shipped overseas for processing although many of them are recycled in New Zealand. It depends on what region in New Zealand you are in because they recycle it different in different spots.

If New Zealand’s so clean and green then why do you see so much litter all over the beaches and I know that the countryside looks so marvellous and beautiful but what’s on the inside is what counts. Do people here in New Zealand actually care about their tiny little country that not even America knows about?

People in New Zealand do care about it but what about the people who use New Zealand? People immigrate here to get away from wars and bombs and sometimes the number of children is limited in some countries so they move here to have more and there is simply nothing we can do about it whilst our tiny population of 4,000,000 people is slowly increasing (the sheep as well).

So here we are the explanation on why I think New Zealand is clean and green!

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