ECOL 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Modern Warfare, Gulf War, Hectare
28 Aug 2015
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20% of the earth"s people consume 75% of the. The u. s. consumers in 1 year: the energy it took 1 million years to produce geologically. 28 tons the average american cut co2 emissions by 60% per year w/o a drastic change in life style. Energy conservation our best hope for an immediate giant step to save the planet. Addressing global warming will not cause economic chaos. Radioactive glass beads which will not flow into groundwater. Cannot be concentrated into weapons- grade material. Still had many lights on during blackout. Takes advantage of tides, waves, and temperature differences. Turbines turned as tides enter and leave bays. Also provides flood control and water storage. Buried pressure and heat millions of years. Deepwater gulf of mexico oil (< / barrel) Middle east = 2/3 of the 1 trillion barrels of global proven reserves. Michael lynch - 20 or 30 years from now. (1950s) oil exploitation would follow a bell-shaped curve.
