EST 201 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cloning, Failure Rate, Hubris

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Discussion Topics after first exam
From the textbook, Part 2
There will be 50 multiple choice questions based on the following:
Structure
For the promise of an alternative energy source to be achieved, it must be supplied in the
time frame needed, in the volume needed, and at a reasonable cost
One: Scalability and Timing
Technologies that are proved feasible on the benchtop today will likely have little impact
until the 2030s
Two: Commercialization
Three: Substitutability
Can greatly increased demand for resources be accommodated?
Four: Material Input Requirements
It remains doubtful that intermittent energy forms such as solar and wind power can
provide a majority of our future energy needs
Five: Intermittency
The more dense an energy form is, the less land is needed for its deployment. Because many
alternative energies are far less energy dense than fossil fuels, large-scale deployment will
incur considerable land costs
Six: Energy Density
A number of alternative energy sources, primarily biomass-based energy, are large water
consumers critically dependent on a dependable water supply
Seven: Water
Because of price linkages in the energy markets, rising oil prices tend to push up the price of
natural gas as well as coal
Eight: Law of Receding Horizons
Can energy surpluses be sustained, and can advances in social and economic specialization
be maintained?
Nine: Energy Return on Investment
2.6.3 Nine Challenges of Alternative Energy
Genetic replicates would not be perfect replicates because of different upbringings and personal
histories
The popularity of cloning could be limited by errors in the process and the technology's limitations
Possibility that clones of lost children may be made as simple replacements
Narcissistic self-cloning
Assumptions of hubris
Many are afraid of that idea of mass production of humans
2.5.2 Prospects of Cloning
Failure rate of clones and the many disabilities of successful clones make it unethical to pursue
Few think about the implications of life for the cloned children themselves, which is prone
to unwelcome comparisons to his or her genetic predecessors
Parents raising their own clones may complicate the parent-child relationship, changing family
structure and producing possible psychological problems
2.5.2 Ethically Compromised Cloning
Final Review
Sunday, April 29, 2018
5:03 PM
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There will be 50 multiple choice questions based on the following: For the promise of an alternative energy source to be achieved, it must be supplied in the time frame needed, in the volume needed, and at a reasonable cost. Technologies that are proved feasible on the benchtop today will likely have little impact until the 2030s. While alternative energy forms may provide the same energy services as another form, they rarely substitute directly, and these additional material costs need to be considered. It remains doubtful that intermittent energy forms such as solar and wind power can provide a majority of our future energy needs. The more dense an energy form is, the less land is needed for its deployment. Because many alternative energies are far less energy dense than fossil fuels, large-scale deployment will incur considerable land costs. A number of alternative energy sources, primarily biomass-based energy, are large water consumers critically dependent on a dependable water supply.

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