Specific Student Questions to Answer over the Course
From the Questionnaire on Day 1
2011:
- Physics of households; improve sustainability
- Geothermal energy
- Modelling climate change
- Indepth study of conventional vs hybrid powered cars
- Feasibility of wind power on the Great Lakes?
- What types of solar heating/energy is most efficient and where can it be used?
2009:
- Hybrid Engines (how they work, compare efficiency to other cars)
- Why doesn't anyone anyone address the real reason for energy problems: overpopulation?
- How things work.
- How (and how much) science influences policy
- Energy efficiency& conservation
- How efficient is solar power compared to other resources?
- Global warming, & how do Milankovich cycles affect climate?
- How fuel cells work, what fuels they use?
- Fission, fusion & solar energy
Updated 2011 Jan -- Andy Layden