1.6 Summary and Final Tasks
Summary
This lesson was about how using biofuels can benefit society. We looked at increasing energy demands around the world, how economically dependent we are on foreign sources of fuel, and how we don't have much control over what the prices of our fuels will be. We also explored how the growth in GHG emissions is a vital environmental concern and discussed how, without the use of biofuels, we cannot achieve significant reductions in GHG.
References
"U.S. Energy Information Administration - EIA - Independent Statistics and Analysis."EIA's Energy in Brief: How Dependent Are We on Foreign Oil? Web. 8 May 2014.
"Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gases Overview." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency. Web. 27 May 2014.
Yvon-Durocher, G., Allen, A.P., Bastviken, D., Conrad, R., Gudasz, C., St-Pierre, A., Thanh-Duc, N., del Giorgio, P.A., "Methane fluxes show consistent temperature dependence across microbial to ecosystem scales," Nature, 507, 488-491, 3/21/2014.
Questions?
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