Chapter 15 Video

The ANWR debates have been going on since I was in high school and that was a long time ago. I was very surprised to learn that the oil reserves causing so much controversy will not sustain our needs and that they estimate we only have about 40 years of oil left - wow. Obviously we need to continue to evaluate needs, and find ways to conserve but they need to also inform consumers of the cost to do so ... the slide on making consumer products more efficient you showed a home - and noted that improved home design will reduce energy needs, note however, that the movement of reducing energy needs in homes has been ongoing for over 10 years, and in doing so they have found making homes more energy efficient causes other problems most notably, indoor air quaility - which we talked about in class this week. It seems we are always trading one for another. People need to understand that energy efficient products are not less costly and many times the return on the investment is way down the road if even then. The information on the nuclear process and how the noteable accidents happened was very interseting. Did not realize there were 439 plants operating today ... and in 31 countries, another surprise. I think the future is nuclear power and as other resources deplete it will get greater acceptance dispite the safety concerns ... until something new comes along we have no choice since no one wants to give up their conveniences. We are who we are.