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Unit 5 Assignment Student Word Document
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Unit 5 Assignment Part 1
:
Write a letter to city officials to discuss the potential for switching to Renewable Energy
resources in your new city. Below, you will view the "Potential" maps for many types of
renewable energy resources. Using these maps as a guide, discuss which types of renewable
energy sources would be appropriate to research in your letter
.
Then, do a quick search online to see what types of renewable energy resources are currently
being used/researched in your chosen city. Discuss this in a short discussion below your letter
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LETTER
:
Good afternoon, New York City officials
,
My name is Omara Hasson-Hernandez and I am writing this letter in an attempt to present to
you potential plans for switching New York City to more sustainable methods of energy. I would
also like to explain exactly how this method will prove to be better for the city and why it is the
most appropriate. Renewable energy is energy that does not die out once used, but can instead be
regenerated. The types of renewable energy sources and solar, geothermal, wind, biomass,
hydropower, and hydro (NPD). When thinking for New York City, the renewable resource that
could offer the most potential is inferred to be hydropower. New York City is by a great lake and
can use it to make their power hydroelectric
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Switching to nonrenewable resources like hydropower would be much better than the in-city
plants that run on gas or fuel oil, which are nonrenewable resources. It will also be way less
costly for the city and residents
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DISCUSSION
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New York City is on a mission to ensure that the energy that they are using to be from at least
80% renewable resources. Most of the energy used now comes from fossil fuels that pole the air,
reducing air quality and increasing greenhouse gases. Solar power alone will not help them
achieve 100%, but creating wind plants upstate and using renewable energy resources from water
electricity has proven to help. I did not know that Lake Erie and Lake Ontario are already
producing a large amount of hydroelectric power for the city, which was great to find out.
Hopefully the city can continue at this rate to eventually only use 100% renewable resources
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Unit 5 Assignment Part 2
:
1.
What are the major hurdles of building solar plants and other renewable energy
resources?
A major hurdle to building solar plans and other renwable energy resources is
that solar energy is not as prevalent everywhere, not everyone gets the same amount of
sun. Because of availability of the sun and location, it could be difficult to save energy
this way for all of mankind.
2.
What is one solution to the energy transportation problem?
One solution to the energy transportation problem is to simply input small plants on the various
locations that land on the route of transportation.
3.
Answer the question posed by the video: Can 100% renewable energy power the
world?
I believe that 100% renewable energy can power the world if all renewable energy were to be
produced at such high levels to accommodate for the large scale of humans on Earth. Building
plants that accommodate to the location ( for example, wind plants in the mountains and valleys
but water electricity plants on coasts.) If there were many tailored, small plants like this for each
city/state, then yes the problem could be solved.
Unit 5 Assignment Part 3
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Questions (to be answered on your answer sheet
:(
Calculate the circular cross-section of the Deep Water Horizon pipe: 346.6 sq. in
.
Calculate the volume of oil exiting the pipe every second: ______7275.6________ cubic
inches/second (hint: this involves multiplying a linear rate of inches per second with the cross
section
(
Calculate the volume of oil exiting the pipe every minute: _______436,600_____________ cu.
in/minute
Calculate the volume of oil exiting the pipe every hour: _______26,195,400________________
cu. in/hour
Calculate the volume of oil exiting the pipe every day:
____628689600______________________ cu in/day
Convert cu in/day to cubic feet per day: ____________363,825__________________________
cu ft/day
Convert cu ft/day to barrels/day (5.61 cu ft/barrel of oil):
______2,721,600___________________ bbl/day (Note: bbl is the abbreviation for ‘barrels
(’
Multiply bbl/day x 86 days: ____234,057,600_____________________________= total barrels
of oil leaked
.
Calculate the gallons of oil leaked: ________642.936___________________= total gallons of
oil leaked (There are 42 U.S. gallons in a barrel of oil
.(
Respond: Review chapter 6 of the linked report in the introduction. Discuss at least three
environmental impacts caused by this devastating oil spill
.
1
.
Scientists concluded that this oil spill led to the largest killing of marine animals that occur
from this kind of incident
.
2
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Oyster farms had to be destroyed due to the contamination that resulted from the incident, and
businesses felt a loss from this as well
.
3
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Up to 60 years of generations for the marine diving birds in the areas will be necessary until
they start regenerating a stable age average. The birds of the area also experience delay in growth
still to this day
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