Don Enss
Chapter 4:
1. How
much of Germany’s renewable energy facilities are in the hands of farmers,
citizen groups, and almost nine hundred energy cooperatives?
2. What
is NIMBY-ism and what can prevent it?
3. What
is the point that comedian Bill Maher is trying to make when he says, “You know
what happens when windmills collapse into the sea? A splash.”?
4.
Based on the latest Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change, methane is how many times more effective at trapping
heat than carbon dioxide?
5.
How much will oil production change between 2012 and 2035?
6.
In 2013, in the United States alone, the oil and gas industry
spent just under how much a day lobbying Congress and government officials and
how much did they contribute to the federal, state, and local campaigns in the
2012 election cycle?
1.)Roughly half
ReplyDelete2.)"Not in My Back Yard" people who object to having wind turbines or solar panels because of unsightliness and or noise disruptions and potential damage to wildlife. They can be neutralized with thoughtful planning and when the people own the machines and the profits are reinvested in the communities.
3.)That true renewable installations present fewer risks than either fossil fuels or nuclear and that its better to have a fallen wind turbine on the bottom of the ocean than another nuclear incident or to continue destroying the planet with fossil fuels.
4.)34 times
5.)In "existing" fields barrels a day is expected to decrease from 68 million a day to roughly 27 million. But in order to please shareholders newer and riskier projects are being undertaken to get more oil so their production will stay the same or rise.
6.)just under 400,000 a day and roughly 73 million in the election cycle
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