Wednesday March 18

In-class, complete the energy primer handout, excluding question 8a -8c. You need to make note that the combustion of 1 gallon of gasoline releases 18.5 pounds of carbon dioxide in order to answer the remainder of question 8 (d-g).

Be sure to complete the reading guide for Chapters 14 & 15.

Use this website. Be prepared to discuss in class on Friday the following:

1. What needs to be done to meet each of the goals?
2. What type of community would work best for a case study?
3. What recommendations would you make for the CCHS community?
4. What recommendations would you make for the GWV community?
5. Why not?

Warm-Up #5-2 This is due on Friday 3/20

1. What is OPEC? 
1. what does OPEC stand for?
2. who are the OPEC member nations?
3. what is the goal of OPEC?
4. what is a production level?
5. what is the current production level established for each OPEC nation?
2. Use this website to look at current OPEC production values 
1. Click on the 2002 PDF, go to page 36 and create a table for the proven reserves of OPEC member nations for the 5 year period 1998-2002.
2. Click on the 2014 PDF, go to page 22 and create a table for the proven reserves of OPEC member nations for the 5 year period 2009-2013.
3. What trends do you notice?
4. How can you explain your observations?
5. How does this information relate to the current OPEC production levels?

Chapter 15 Reading Guide

1. What does the term renewable energy mean?
2. What does the term traditional energy mean?
3. What does the term alternative energy mean?
4. How do the above terms differ?
5. How does conservation and efficiency relate to the use and availability of energy sources?
6. How is energy efficiency encouraged by the US federal government?
7. How is energy efficiency discouraged by governments other than the US?
8. In developed countries, what are the sectors of energy use? (For what purposes do you use energy?
9. Create a list of the renewable energy sources discussed in this chapter.
1. Where does the energy come from?
2. What are the advantages of the renewable compared with traditional sources?
3. What are the disadvantages of the renewable compared with traditional sources?
4. Provide a comparison of costs.
10. How many different ways can energy from the Sun be utilized? 
1. Why is this relevant in Colorado?
11. How do solar panels generate electricity?
12. How do hydrogen fuel cells generate electricity?
13. On page 322, the photo labeled "b" shows a drum filled with water. 
1. What is the significance of the water in the drum?
14. Read the case study on page 316. 
1. What is the hyper car?
2. What is a hybrid car?
3. What is a plug-in hybrid?
4. How do hybrid cars work?
5. How do plug-in hybrid cars work?
6. What is the relationship between the warm-up this week and the hyper car?