January 3
January 3 - Why hasn’t there been more concrete action by political leaders to respond to the apparent imperative to move to a low-carbon energy system?
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January 15 - Compare and contrast the lyrics of Tower of Power’s “There’s Only So Much Oil in the Ground” with Jaccard’s characterization of the energy dilemma and inertia on p. 25 of SSF.
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January 17 – What does the “game-changing” nature of the revolution in fracking technology contribute to the debate about “peak oil”?
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January 22 – Why have some leaders of the Idle No More movement been so insistent that they get a meeting with the Governor General of Canada?
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January 24 – What was the 1980 National Energy Program and why has it had such an enduring legacy on Canadian energy and environmental politics?
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January 31 – what questions do you have for today’s guest speaker, BC NDP energy critic John Horgan?
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February 5 - Given what you now know about the oil sands, do you think there should be a moratorium on approvals of new projects?
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February 7 – What are the most important differences between the issue frames of the oil sands promoted by industry and environmentalists? Which do do think is “winning” the public relations batter?
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February 26 – Is the Clark government’s LNG strategy a promising future for BC or a fantasy?
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March 5 – Who should have final approval authority over large energy projects like the Site C dam – elected politicians in the cabinet, or independent regulators in the BC Utilities Commission?
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March 12 – If conservation and efficiency are so obviously cost-effective, why don’t we do more of it?
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March 14 - If solar and wind energy are so promising, why do we have so little of them Western Canada?
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March 26 – Given the climate challenge, what role do you think nuclear power should play in the future energy system?
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April 2 – What are the 2 most significant things you learned in this course? What are the 2 most significant tings you wanted to learn about that were missing?
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April 4 - If the transition to a sustainable energy system requires the internalization of costs, how do you overcome the reluctance of politicians to enact policies that impose costs?
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Exam prep - Exam Review Session Tuesday April 9 10-11 in FSC 1001; Special exam prep office hours 10-3 on Wednesday April 10, or by appointment
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