Energy+Resources+and+Consumption

=**Energy Resources and Consumption**= A. Energy Concepts--(Energy forms; power; units; conversions; Laws of Thermo dynamics) = = B. Energy Consumption 1. History--(Industrial Revolution; exponential growth; energy crisis) 2. Present global energy use 3. Future energy needs C. Fossil Fuel Resources and Use--(Formation of coal, oil, and natural gas; extraction/purification methods; world reserves and global demand; synfuels; environmental advantages/disadvantages of sources) D. Nuclear Energy--(Nuclear fission process; nuclear fuel; electricity production; nuclear reactor types; environmental advantages/disadvantages; safety issues; radiation and human health; radioactive wastes; nuclear fusion) E. Hydroelectric Power--(Dams; flood control; salmon; silting; other impacts) F. Energy Conservation--(Energy efficiency; CAFE standards; hybrid electric vehicles; mass transit) G. Renewable Energy--(Solar energy; solar electricity; hydrogen fuel cells; biomass; wind energy; small-scale hydroelectric; ocean waves and tidal energy; geothermal; environmental advantages/disadvantages)

=ARTICLE LINKS AND DISCUSSIONS:=

**SUMMER ARTICLES 2011 (check list so you are not duplicating) **

[|Nuclear Fusion Power a Step Closer After Giant Laser Blast] [|Israeli Gas Stations to Swap Better Place Car Batteries] =[|Obama Puts Government on Low-Carbon Diet]= [|Energy Prices Continue Climbing in Shifting Markets] [|Geothermal energy gets cash but hits roadblocks] [|Algae as biofuel still rough around the edges]
 * MARCH ARTICLES 2010**

[|Groups File Legal Challenge to Chukchi Drilling] [|Offshore Wind Power: Oil Rigs to Whirligigs] [| Why Is a Utility Paying Customers?] [|Recharging Your Cellphone, Mother Nature’s Way] = = [|Ellensburg residents invest in solar power park] =[|Court constricts W.Va. wind farm to protect bats]= [|Copenhagen winds down with non-binding agreement]
 * FEBRUARY 2010 ARTICLES:**
 * JANUARY 2010 ARTICLES:**

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[|Solar energy industry brings a ray of hope to the Rust Belt] ======

= = [|Available sources of renewable energy go largely untapped] [|Freeing the Grid — Building Local Solar Markets, One State At A Time] = =

NOVEMBER ARTICLES: [|Debate Follows Bills To Remove Clothesline Bans] =[|'Imagineer' touts geothermal energy invention]= [|What's So Bad About Big?] [|Building a second sun: Take $10 billion, add coconuts]

OCTOBER ARTICLES:
=[|Six Products, Six Carbon Footprints]= [|Hawaii Tries Green Tools in Remaking Power Grids] [|China Racing Ahead of U.S. in the Drive to Go Solar] =[|Turning to Windmills, but Resistance Lingers]= [|Oil Rig of the Future: A Solar Panel That Produces Oil] = [|Tiny technologies could produce big energy solutions] =

[|California Unveils TV Efficiency Standards]
= [|Tiny technologies could produce big energy solutions] =

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