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| − | Using an ecological framework briefly outline some important current physical conditions and trends in place. Please reference the following: | + | Using an ecological framework briefly outline some important current physical conditions and trends in place. Please reference the following: air, water, soil, non-human biota, human population, overshoot, mineral resources, artifact. (~200 words) |
| − | * 1 | + | * 1. Give specific examples of three resource trends and three hazard trends. |
| − | + | * 2. What are five "peaks" to which we refer with the phrase "peak everything"? | |
| − | * | + | * 3. What do we mean and understand by ERoEI and RRoRI as we use these terms in valuescience? |
| − | * | + | * 4. What was putative ERoEI for oil extraction in the early 20th century and what is it for tar sands and oil shale c. 2016? (two ratios) |
| − | * | + | * 5. Have we identified proven energy resources accessible with current technology which have ERoEI comparable to oil in the early 20th century? |
| − | * | + | * 6. List one or more challenges inherent to calculating and comparing ERoEI. |
| − | * | + | * 7. What is the minimum ERoEI estimated to be necessary to sustain complex human society? |
| − | * | + | * 8. What are three aspects of environmental quality that you can use as evidence to support a claim that human population is beyond carrying capacity? |
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Latest revision as of 09:24, 8 August 2018
Using an ecological framework briefly outline some important current physical conditions and trends in place. Please reference the following: air, water, soil, non-human biota, human population, overshoot, mineral resources, artifact. (~200 words)
- 1. Give specific examples of three resource trends and three hazard trends.
- 2. What are five "peaks" to which we refer with the phrase "peak everything"?
- 3. What do we mean and understand by ERoEI and RRoRI as we use these terms in valuescience?
- 4. What was putative ERoEI for oil extraction in the early 20th century and what is it for tar sands and oil shale c. 2016? (two ratios)
- 5. Have we identified proven energy resources accessible with current technology which have ERoEI comparable to oil in the early 20th century?
- 6. List one or more challenges inherent to calculating and comparing ERoEI.
- 7. What is the minimum ERoEI estimated to be necessary to sustain complex human society?
- 8. What are three aspects of environmental quality that you can use as evidence to support a claim that human population is beyond carrying capacity?
