AH 11-13
1. How does global wind power capacity compare to nuclear capacity a quarter century ago (when nuclear was in the ascendant)?
2. What's an example of a "positive societal impact" in Japan after Fukushima and the subsequent shuttering of all nuclear plants?
3. What's happened to US greenhouse gas emissions since the Kyoto Protocol?
4. How has Google Earth helped cut costs for solar energy?
5. What "game changer" for electric cars is being built in Nevada?
6. Why is the sales success of plug-in hybrids important?
DQ
- Are you worried about the danger of a major nuclear incident in the future? Do you know your legislative representatives' positions on nuclear power?
- Why do politicians get away with misinforming the public, as Ronald Reagan did with regard to nuclear waste? How can "fact-checking" be made more prominent in our politics? 113
- When do you plan to upgrade to an electric car?
- Your thoughts on the free speech forum Tuesday?*
- Your DQs please
* How we conduct ourselves in public space is an environmental issue. I've sent this to our Provost. Your thoughts?
Regarding the verbally abusive evangelist who once again was afforded a platform on our campus, these past two days (very disruptively, by the way, just outside my classroom in the Honors Building): can you please clarify, if you know, the process whereby this individual and organization have repeatedly been granted permits (with police escort) to harangue, insult, and humiliate our students? I'm told he called some of them "whores," directed blatantly racist remarks at others, spoke in the most vulgar terms about homosexuality, and assured students that they were bound for hell. He posts videos of his MTSU "open air preaching" on YouTube.
I'd be more inclined to defend the presence of such a hateful and vitriolic speaker on campus if we had any sort of free speech culture here, or a speaker's forum available to all comers; but it seems Mr. Skelly and his organization are just about the only controversial or provocative outside speakers who are regularly permitted to appear on the MTSU lawn.
I firmly believe in the principle that the best remedy for offensive and obnoxious speech is more and better counter-speech, but we never seem to hear from others at MTSU. Have other individuals and groups, representing other perspectives, petitioned for an opportunity to speak here? Who exactly makes the decision to welcome such "guests"? To whom are requests for permits to speak directed?
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Who Killed the Electric Car Official Trailer
https://youtu.be/k96tIRjxzw0
Who Killed the Electric Car Documentary
https://youtu.be/0bWSe02UK-s
Today, less than 5 years later, the electric car is back... with a vengeance in (Revenge of the Electric Car), director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to find the story of the global resurgence of electric cars. Without using a single drop of foreign oil, this new generation of car is America's future: fast, furious, and cleaner than ever.
With almost every major car maker now jumping to produce new electric models, Revenge follows the race to be the first, the best, and to win the hearts and minds of the public around the world. It's not just the next generation of green cars that's on the line. It's the future of the automobile itself.
Revenge of the Electric Car Official Trailer
https://youtu.be/jkRIu5a6Sb0
The Electric Revolution Documentary
https://youtu.be/44mFzZI1_r0
The Electric Revolution documentary goes back to the very first electric car and charts up and down the 110 year history. The film features vintage electric car collectors, EV designers and EV evangelists. Including Tesla Motors.
The film examines the failings of early EVs, the false dawn resulting from the energy crisis of the 70s and the controversial crushing of the GM EV1. Lastly, as mainstream manufacturers such as Renault invest billions in new EVs and governments invest in charging infrastructure, the film examines why it will be different this time.
Why do politicians get away with misinforming the public, as Ronald Reagan did with regard to nuclear waste? How can "fact-checking" be made more prominent in our politics? 113
ReplyDeleteI would say that a majority of politicians definitely get away with purposefully misinforming the public and Im not sure what fact checking would really do because once the decision has been made they are going to do it regardless of what we think or what facts we have countered with. The only way to influence change is to vote them out of congress or the next presidential cycle. Although mass social campaigns aided by the social media have shown potential lately to influence some changes in decisions
When do you plan to upgrade to an electric car?
ReplyDeleteWhenever they become more cost effective or I make enough money to be able to invest in one. It would also help if the power that charged my car came from renewable energy. We need to keep innovating the technology to become more efficient and to have more charging stations throughout the country. If battery replacement was easier it would be better also because you could just have a spare battery and replace it and charge them later.
Are you worried about the danger of a major nuclear incident in the future? Do you know your legislative representatives' positions on nuclear power?
ReplyDeleteI think we should always be worried about an incident. But what could we really do to prevent it, because once it happens it happens and we cant do anything about it. We could stop using nuclear but that wouldn't really be a good thing either so its sort of a catch 22.
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