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LO: To identify and exemplify the OPPORTUNITIES and CHALLENGES in resource development presented by permafrost and other periglacial features. Write down at least 3 facts (with stats, dates etc…) about TAPS. Which sections of the TAPS is likely to face the biggest challenges? Why?.
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LO: To identify and exemplify the OPPORTUNITIES and CHALLENGES in resource development presented by permafrost and other periglacial features.
Write down at least 3 facts (with stats, dates etc…) about TAPS
Which sections of the TAPS is likely to face the biggest challenges? Why?
Cast your eyes over the GeoFile. • You have 3 minutes to speed-read… • What are the OPPORTUNITIES posed by TAPS? • Sort them into SEEP categories.
What are the impacts and challenges of the poor political / managerial decision making?
Suggested Reading • http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/18/us-oil-alaska-spill-idUSTRE76H0VA20110718 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Alaska_Pipeline_System • http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/coal-oil-gas/how-much-life-is-left-in-the-trans-alaska-pipeline • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-400276/Deadhorse-Alaska--town-end-earth-making-global-oil-markets-tremble.html • http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc02/pap0870/p0870.htm