The Environment 5/2/2012. Learning Objectives Accurately describe the social, economic, and...
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The Environment
5/2/2012
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Learning Objectives• Accurately describe the social, economic,
and political dimension of major problems and dilemmas facing contemporary American society
• Use knowledge and analyses of social problems to evaluate public policy, and to suggest policy alternatives, with special reference to questions of social justice, the common good, and public and individual responsibility.
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Opportunities to discuss course content
• Today 11-2
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Readings
Required– Energy and Environmental Policy (Chapter 10) Dye
• Optional– Population, Global Inequality, and the
Environmental Crisis (Chapter 15) Kendall
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PAPER 3
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Copy # 1
• In Class
• May 3rd
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Copy 2: Turnitin via Blackboard
• This paper must also be submitted to turnitin.com by 11:59 PM on May 3rd
• Failure to do this will result in a 5 point deduction on the Paper 3 grade.
• Don’t leave points on the board
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ENERGY
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Natural Gas
Advantages• Cleaner Burning than Oil
• Easy to Transport and store
• The United States has known Reserves
Disadvantages• Cannot Be used for
Transportation
• Still not carbon free
• Getting at reserves can have negative environmental consequences
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The Saudi Arabia of Natural gas?
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COAL
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Coal
• We use less now than in past years
• America is the Saudi Arabia of Coal
• Easy to Transport
• Cheap
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Problem of Coal: Electricity only (sorry Thomas)
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Problems of Coal: Acid Rain
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Problems of Coal: Global Warming
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NUCLEAR
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Nuclear
• Used to Make Electricity
• Burns very Clean
• Can be produced here
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Disadvantages
• Problems of Waste and Storage
• Very high start up costs
• R=PxC - has the highest consequences
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Renewable/Perpetual
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Any New Source
• Renewable/Perpetual
• Clean
• Safe
• Affordable
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Wind
• Turbines Generate electricity
• Perpetual
• Downsides?
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Hydro
• Perpetual
• Downsides
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Solar
• Energy from the Sun
• Requires large areas
• Expensive Start-up
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Renewable
• Biomass
• Biofuels
• Geothermal
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Conservation
• Doesn’t provide instant benefits
• Tradeoffs in convenience
• It works when it is economically beneficial
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Thirty Four years later, very little has changed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dn_pV9fbCE