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What is “Environmental P hysics ”?

What is “Environmental P hysics ”?. Kyle Forinash Indiana University Southeast http:// homepages.ius.edu/kforinas/Forinash.html. Possible Topics. Population (exponential? pollution, water) Energy (sources, fossil fuels, Hubbert’s peak) Conversion Efficiencies (1 st and 2 nd laws)

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What is “Environmental P hysics ”?

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  1. What is “Environmental Physics”? Kyle Forinash Indiana University Southeast http://homepages.ius.edu/kforinas/Forinash.html

  2. Possible Topics • Population (exponential? pollution, water) • Energy (sources, fossil fuels, Hubbert’s peak) • Conversion Efficiencies (1st and 2nd laws) • Storage (fuel, batteries, flywheels, capacitors, etc.) • Transportation (well to wheel, lifecycle efficiency) • Nuclear (fission, reactors, waste) • Climate (blackbody radiation, absorption) • Risk Assessment (meteors, driving, nuclear waste) • Economics (external energy costs, standard of living)

  3. Plant Oil as a Fuel? • Energy production, all arable land in the US cultivated with soybeans (bio-diesel): 25.6 Quad • US transportation consumption (2004): 27.8 Quad

  4. Interesting Activities for Students • EIA web sitehttp://www.eia.doe.gov/ • Oak Ridge Climate Data (CDIAC)http://cdiac.ornl.gov/ • Gapminder (Google)http://www.gapminder.org/ • Argonne Nat. Lab well to wheels energy spreadsheethttp://www.transportation.anl.gov/modeling_simulation/GREET/index.html • Educational Climate Model; EdGCMhttp://edgcm.columbia.edu/

  5. Kyle Forinash Indiana University Southeast http://homepages.ius.edu/kforinas/Forinash.html Island Press, July 2010

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