TSES 3002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cigar Lake Mine, Wind Turbine, World Population

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Technology, Society, Environment Studies
• Course: TSES 3002
• Professor: John Buschek

Document Summary

15% participation (13 weeks plus one free point, don"t forget to cite if required) Rst one due sat jan. 11 at 11pm book report 15% Critical assessment of a book(with single author, long than 150 pages, non ction) A system is a set of interconnected entities that are part of an integrated whole. System system boundary system environment (not necessarily the natural environment) A key thing about systems thinking is choosing where to draw a boundary . > there can be many ows (materials, pollution***) Darlington: system: environmental impact of nuclear power generation at darlington. Uo from port hope uo3-> uo (include port hope in system?) Cigar lake, sk u3o8 ore (include cigar lake?) determine boundary (what to include in system) Energy system: supply, storage, transmission, distribution, demand: residential, transport, industrial. Climate change, human psychology, environmental regulations (not part of the energy system but effects it. In class: ecar: coal -> driving an ecar.