1. As mentioned on page 108 about coal being a pollutant and in the long run possibly expensive. Do you think that more efficient coal can be produced and used? (For example Banana Coal)
2. Besides wind and solar energy what other types of energy do you think could help the economy and the world?
3. In figure 1, on page 109, what do you find most surprising?
4. On page 110, Carr mentions developing countries are taking more interest in renewable energy resources. Do you think that those countries are kind of an example to other countries? ( using what they have, but not realizing they are doing good)
Article 25: Nuclear Now!
1. What are some of the problems Schwartz and Reiss state about other renewables (hydropower, solar power, wind, biomass, fossil fuels)? (P.112)
2. Do you think the “nuclear bogeyman” fear is legitimate after
instances such as the
3. What are the four steps Schwartz and Reiss say must be done to decrease carbon use in order to push “nuclear power out front as the world’s default energy source”? (p114)
Chapter 8 Energy
1. According
to page 139 not everyone has the same predictions as the IF scenarios
in relation to energy. What are the Department of Energy, and the
OECD’s International Energy Agency (IEA) viewpoints? (top of page 139). 2.
According to our IF’s population models the world’s
population is going to rise a significant amount over the next 100
years. What will this mean for the energy crisis? What are some methods
that will satisfy new energy demands? 3.
The concluding paragraph of chapter 8 states, “No model—IFs
included—is capable of conclusively answering all the interesting
questions.” What do you think of this statement and how it
relates to your own IF models of your countries? (p. 147 Concluding
paragraph)
Chapter 9 Environment