GEOG 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Resource Curse, Energy Star, Natural Resource
19 Mar 2018
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3/12 environmental geography: energy and material inputs. Environmental change: political relations could political pressure/ power, co(cid:374)siders (cid:373)ultiple geographi(cid:272) s(cid:272)ales (cid:374)ot just the i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual, (cid:271)ut (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ity as (cid:449)ell, considers talk as well as action (discourse + practice, what they say + how they frame issues. Incorporates physical and social science: looking at just the technical side is not enough, tries to understand world in order to change it. Colonialism; no development in other industries (economy based on one commodity = bad); resource going to other location: non-renewable but substitutable. Energy resources: biomass, oil, natural gas, coal, solar, etc, renewable vs non-renewable, proven vs potential reserves, proven knowing how much is in the ground to be extracted. Geog 105 lecture notes: varying pollution and carbon outputs. Powering the digital earth: from individual computers to data centers, 50 85% efficiency. Reduce your impact: energy star, other requirements, electronics buy used, buy infrequently, request green energy, divest from coal.
