Course Documents -> Week 6

Regional Wind Energy; Levelized Costs; Google Earth Exercise;

Free Form discussion:

World's biggest three problems:

  • Absolute Poverty
  • Global inequity in terms of reasonable access to stuff
  • Rapid elimination of species through global climate change (.e.g how humans play god).

Is there a root cause to these problems?

Remember the important of the physical geography and the following two scenarios:

  • Continents of stupidity: the world seems infinite, no apparent boundaries.
  • The islands of wisdom: the finite nature of the world is immediately recognized
Does this impact subsequent resource usage?

Introduction to Solar Energy;