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New Spring Course! GEOGRAPHY 470 ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & SOCIETY. Some key issues: -Run your next car on solar-based energy, cheaper than $2 gas -Gore’s 100% renewable energy plan: “pie in the sky” or possible? -Type of solar energy conversion already cost effective in Oregon
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New Spring Course!GEOGRAPHY 470ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & SOCIETY Some key issues: -Run your next car on solar-based energy, cheaper than $2 gas -Gore’s 100% renewable energy plan: “pie in the sky” or possible? -Type of solar energy conversion already cost effective in Oregon -Why was the Trojan nuclear plant north of Portland removed? -Is nuclear power “safer” than coal-fired plants? -Are “zero energy” homes affordable & realistic? -Why mass production of electric cars has been “less than a decade away” throughout past century Instructor: Michael McGlade, Professor of Geography