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Social Impacts and Gov't
Current state of Renewables
Renewable Energy and the Environment
Consumers
100
The purpose is to bring renewable energy to a community with little environmental risk and have the turbines out of the way of the community.
What is the purpose of putting wind turbines offshore?
100
This is equivalent to 6.24×1018 electron volts.
What is a joule?
100
Following the United States’ involvement in the Yom Kippur War, OAPEC (Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries) placed an oil embargo on the United States, resulting in a 400% increase in crude oil prices per barrel. Many officials in NATO and the U.S. were afraid of its long term and lasting impacts on the US and international economy. A recession followed soon after that will historically be blamed on the events of the Yom Kippur War and the energy crisis that followed.
What is The Energy Crisis of 1973
100
Today there are about 1.5 hectares of land for each person including wilderness areas. It is estimated that by 2040 there will be 10 billion people each of whom there will be less than 0.9 hectares of ecologically productive land.
How does growth population affect renewable energy sources?
100
Solar, wind, and hydro power.
What are common sources of renewable energy?
200
A bird that migration patterns are in question for putting offshore wind turbines in its way. This bird is also almost on the endangered species list and lives on the east of coast of the United States.
What is the Red Knott?
200
First, governments and institutions need to intentionally raise the prices of primitive energy sources. Next, they must give some time to build or modify buildings so that they could safely dispose of the primitive energy source and inform their country’s citizens about the advantages of using the renewable energy source over the primitive one.
What is the procedure for governments and institutions to eliminate energy efficiency barriers?
200
the direct conversion of light into electricity at the atomic level
What is solar generated power
200
Millions of acres need to be cleared out to install solar panels or wind powered areas. Just to give an idea of how much land is needed to power a city, a wind farm covering an expanse the size of Connecticut would be required just to power New York City alone.
How much land is used for solar panels, or wind powered areas?
200
A set of standards, or quota in sales or production, that an individual state or nation puts in place to make best use of renewable energy sources.
What is a Renewable Portfolio Standard?
300
Wind turbines at sea have to use this in order to stay online at all times. The turbines has to use some energy from it in order to stay commissioned when there is no wind.
What is the power grid?
300
These types of ventilation can result in heat loss.
What is mechanical and natural ventilation?
300
-frequent malfunctions or damage requiring maintenance -Inconsistant element exposure -vast land use
What are defaults in photovoltaic solar cells and wind powered turbines
300
All of them. For example, Hydroelectric power sounds like a good idea, but it covers valuable agricultural bottom land and destroys ecosystems.
How many types of renewable energy sources hurt the environment?
300
Energy Star, Questar Gas, Rockymountain Power.
What are companies that offer renewable energy rebate programs?
400
In the long run wind power offshore may contribute some or most of the energy needed, but there is another source of energy that is contending for the number one spot.
What is sun energy or nuclear energy.
400
This is the type of argument that Bent Sørensen used in his book about the social impacts of renewable energy.
What is a non sequitur argument?
400
The only state to apply Geothermic energy in their cities and economy
What is the state of California
400
The government was funding research programs, but funding has been cut back and used for other programs that are deemed more important.
Is the government funding renewable energy programs?
400
An estimated $500 billion spent in the U.S.
What is the amount of money Americans were estimated to spend in 2008 on goods or services that claim to be good for the environment?
500
Wind Energy offshore creates more space onshore which allow for this.
What is smaller power plant?
500
C. J. Hoogendoorn and G. J. Levermore believed that the only way to see the connection between renewable energy, governments, institutions, and economical issues was to use a series of equations from this type of math.
What is calculus?
500
A really cool new concept in which American Roadways are converted from traditional cement to solar cells, harnessing heat and light from the sun on the road. Also an excellent means of transporting energy across the continental US. Self powered, each cell is equipped with an array of LED lights that would substitute traditional yellow/white road markers.
What are Solar Roadways
500
We are exhausting fossil fuels up to the point where renewable energy is a must. However all of the renewable energy sources seem to impact the environment in more ways than realized, but it is the future.
What is expected for the environment when it comes to the future of renewable energy?
500
A slight change in the information set that an individual faces when taking a decision.
What is a nudge?