AUENV120- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 57 pages long!)

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Augustana Faculty - Environmental Studies
• Course: AUENV120
• Professor: Glen Hvenegaard

Document Summary

In canada: usage is intensive, despite efficiencies, transportation sector is a larger consumer, mostly fossil fuels, (cid:271)ut fi(cid:374)ite supply a(cid:374)d e(cid:374)viro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal i(cid:373)pa(cid:272)ts, future projection, tar sands. Ethanol-corn: 0. 7-1. 8: methanol-wood: 2. 6, canadians and energy. Improving energy efficiency: transportation: choices, efficiency; technology, home: standards; incentives; alternatives, switch, energy future issues, corporate thinking, protectionism, economic growth & scale, dependency. Future discoveries: new technologies, attitudes & behavior , politics. Illnesses : asthma and emphysema: urban heat effect, higher temperatures in core urban areas than surrounding areas, hydrological cycle, why, water on surface is difficult, quantity : surface flooding; aquifer recharge, quality: pollutants from vehicles, roads, brownfield sites. Leaking storage tanks, uncontained waste: contaminated urban sites, costly to mitigate, health hazard, enviro-damage, for example, hamilton. In camrose, coal mine was not cleaned up properly. Takes lots of money to resolve problem and has many implications on human health.