Apr 27 2012
*We won’t start the Scribe List over this late in the year, so since we are out of scribes here is a guest post by JamesS in the other class: Monday we began talking about what exactly comes out of our cars, why they can be dangerous, and what the government is doing to curb [...]
Apr 04 2012
Recent NPR Headline: Rejected Pipeline Becomes Hot Button Election Issue. What pipeline? Where? Check out this brief story: http://www.npr.org/2012/01/19/145433937/keystone-pipeline-becomes-hot-button-election-issue Yes, there are some “other” sources of fossil fuels besides coal/oil/natural gas, namely oil (tar) sands and oil shale. Your book briefly mentions oil sands, but not oil shale (which you can read about here). Our [...]
Apr 03 2012
Today we compared the “conventional” fossil fuels-coal, petroleum (crude oil), and natural gas. You need to be familiar with what they are, how they are extracted, how they are refined, what they are used for, and the environmental impacts. There was a handout that you can find in our Unit 11 Google Docs Collection. This [...]
Apr 01 2012
Although it seems like it’s just sea water out there, we seldom forget about the black liquid that taints our deep blue. Oil is always finding its way into the ocean whether it’s through 1) natural seeps (47%), 2) consumption of petroleum/ run off (38%), 3) transportation of petroleum/leaks and oil [...]
