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Ammonia, Anesthetics, Antihistamines, Artifi cial limbs, Artifi cial Turf, Antiseptics, Aspirin, Auto Parts, Awnings, Balloons, Ballpoint pens, Bandages, Beach Umbrellas, Boats, Cameras, Candles, Car Battery Cases, Carpets, Caulking, Combs, Cortisones, Cosmetics, Crayons, Credit Cards, Curtains, Deodorants, Detergents, Dice, Disposable Diapers, Dolls, Dyes, Eye Glasses, Electrical Wiring Insulation, Faucet Washers, Fishing Rods, Fishing Line, Fishing Lures, Food Preservatives, Food Packaging, Garden Hose, Glue, Hair Coloring, Hair Curlers, Hand Lotion, Hearing Aids, Heart Valves, Ink, Insect Repellant, Insecticides, Linoleum, Lip Stick, Milk Jugs, Nail Polish, Oil Filters, Panty Hose, Perfume, Petroleum Jelly, Rubber Cement, Rubbing Alcohol, Shampoo, Shaving Cream, Shoes, Toothpaste, Trash Bags, Upholstery, Vitamin Capsules, Water Pipes, Yarn
WHAT DO ALL OF THESE PRODUCTS HAVE IN COMMON????
‘Nearly everything in our lives is connected to oil:
made from oilmade by machinery and systems dependent on
oiltransported by oil as either gas or diesel fuel’
PRODUCTS MADE FROM OIL
MODULE I: UNDERSTANDING THE NEED FOR SUSTAINABILITY
What is SustainabilityCurrent Issue….Wind Farms3 EsStructural vs Personal SolutionsHuman PopulationHuman ConsumptionThe Need for Reducing…RecyclingThe Need for New Technologies….Electric Car
Create a visual using the 3Es model to represent the content of today’s session Take notes Illustrate how OIL connects the 3Es
Looking for depth of content go beyond the obvious
Distinguish structural & personal
Text….Unit 3 chapter 4 has some info
ASSIGNMENT
OIL IS A FOSSIL FUEL…..ALSO NATURAL GAS & COAL
FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION
The combustion of all fossil fuels follows a very similar reaction:
Fuel (any hydrocarbon source) plus oxygen yields carbon dioxide and water and energy.
Natural gas (methane) is the cleanest burning fossil fuel.Coal and oil, the other fossil fuels, are more chemically complicated than natural gas, and when combusted, release a variety of potentially harmful air pollutants.
Fossil Fuels
OIL REFINING
"When fossil fuels deeply altered humanity's means of obtaining sustenance from the Earth, everything about human society changed – from child rearing to politics; from cultural myths to personal dreams.“
"even those of us who have been thinking about resource depletion for many years are still just beginning to awaken to its full implications".
R. Heinberg
IMPACT OF FOSSIL FUELS
& Consequences
PEAK OIL
DOCUMENTARIES
2004 2006
Using "peak oil" as its underlying assumption, this documentary builds a case for suggesting that the suburban lifestyle is unsustainable. The further assumption is that one-person or one-family vehicles will always be gas powered and gas guzzling. The film critically examines the wisdom -- or folly -- of constructing an entire civilization on the expectation that there will always be plenty of cheap fuel for combustion
….examines the journeys of several individuals who have fled or are in the process of fleeing from civilization. It highlights how they are building new lives and new subcultures which offer the possibilities of deepened humanity and sustainability.
produced and edited by Barry Silverthorn written and directed by Greg Greene
theories of peak oil built on work of Dr. M. King Hubbertgeoscientist at Shell
did most of his work in 1950s -’60s
theory says that for any limited resource, production follows a more-or-less bell-shaped curve
Extraction process becomes more diffi cult over time
HUBBERT’S PEAK
U.S. passed its "peak oil" point back in the early 1970's
Now imports about two-thirds (2/3) of its oil.
The U.S. economy and the current American way of life is supported by energy from other nations
DEPENDENCY ON OIL
THE END OF CHEAP OIL
WORLD OIL RESERVES
Special: Crude Impact | Link TV 4 min intro to documentary about peak oil
PEAK OIL INTRODUCTION
YouTube - If The Oil Runs Out : 1 of 6 ~ 9 min. each
Dramatizations of Future Scenarios
ANWR drilling or not????World Oil DemandConsequences of Oil shortagesFinding New OilSurviving the Transition
Links to the next segments are provided at the end of each.
IF THE OIL RUNS OUT
YouTube - Addicted to Oil - Part 1 of 5
5 segments ~ 10 min. each 1. Oil dependence 2. Global Warming 3. Car Technology
Hybrids, electric, hydrogen, Solar, wind starts at 7 min
4. New Energy Technology Solar house competition, green building design
5. Green Technologies (5 min) ‘Cradle to cradle’ design China
Links to the next segments are provided at the end of each.
ADDICTED TO OIL
Are We Running Out of Oil? | The Nation
20 min… commentaries by various experts
Bill McKibben, Noam Chomsky, Nicole Foss, Richard Heinberg and other scientists, researchers and writers explain
PEAK OIL AND A CHANGING CLIMATE
YouTube - Oil Myths, Oil Facts 3 min. news segment
YouTube - Running on Empty: Life Without Cheap Oil
Interview ~7 min. Rather Extreme Thinking
YouTube - Myth: The World is Running Out of Oil (Peak Oil)
20/20 webcast about Canadian Tar Sands
OTHER INTERESTING IDEAS
YouTube - The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See
~ 9 min.
HOW TO RESPOND TO THE SITUATION???
THE CONSEQUENCES OF INACTION….
In a non-petroleum situation the economy again centers around food and other basic needs.
Is agriculture back at the heart of economics in a post peak oil world?
THINK ABOUT FOOD PRODUCTION….
“But, as humanity, we have managed without oil (and fossil fuels) before. And there are places where they still do (or do so again). And it doesn't necessarily mean that we live less happy and less healthy lives there.” Rudy Dhont, KHLeuven, Apri l 2010
Also See Addicted to Oil Parts 3, 4, 5
Herman Daly (one of the founding fathers of ecological economics) said:
"This is not the end of progress or civilization, but the beginning of intelligent thinking".
WE CAN ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE
Create a visual using the 3Es model to represent the content of today’s session Take notes Illustrate how OIL connects the 3Es
Looking for depth of content go beyond the obvious
ASSIGNMENT
…….if you need to review any content
……additional sources are hyperlinked
Please let us know if you find others of value….there are many
THIS PPT WILL BE POSTED ON THE CLASS WEBSITE
