HONR 268A

HONR 268A Task Forces

Everyone in HONR268A will join one of the following Task Forces. Pick one that interests you!

TASK FORCE
Topics
Members
Class Presentation
Natural Gas
Gas Hydrates
Liquid Natural Gas
Gas Resources
James Idol
Brandon Kopetzky
Erin Lester
NaturalGas.ppt
(large file!)
Coal
Coal Recovery Techniques
Coal Gasification
Carbon Sequestration
Seva Burmaka
Adam Optican
Jonathan Pace
Coal.ppt
Nuclear Power
Uranium and Plutonium Fission
Hydrogen Fusion
Breeder Reactors
Lindsay Garst
Jay Nargundkar
Jonah Richmond
Nuclear.ppt
Renewables
Solar
Wind
Geothermal
Tidal
Maura Lafferty
Petro Nungovitch
Felix Stief
Renewables.ppt
Transportation
Replacements for Gasoline
Hydrogen and Biofuels
Hybrids and Electric Cars
CAFE Standards
Laura Brewer
Max Etin
Elan Mosbacher
Transportation.ppt
Policy and Legislation
White House policy
Energy Bill
Kyoto Accords
EPA Regulations
Conservation
Morgan Goodspeed
Mark Hall
Avi Mayer
Policy.ppt

All Task Forces should conduct research on the current state of their field and will construct projections on what improvements are likely in both the short term (<20 years) and long term (>50 years). Consider both the benefits and dangers for your area (capability for expansion, safety, pollution, CO2 emissions, terrorism, etc).

Mini-Research Papers: Open Topics

TASK FORCE
Open Research Topics
Natural Gas
Cost/Route of the Alaska pipeline
What are Gas Hydrates?
Greenhouse gases
World natural gas resources
Oil and Coal
Multinational oil corporations
Oil Wells/Refineries in the Gulf of Mexico
World coal resources
World oil resources
Oil Resources in Alaska
Nuclear Power
Three Mile Island
Chernobyl
Nuclear Reactor Design
Modern Nuclear Reactors
Renewable
Wind power in the United States
Geothermal power in Iceland
Solar power in Africa
Transportation
How Expensive/Efficient are batteries for hybrid cars?
How safe are hydrogren fuel cells?
What are the newly proposed CAFE standards?
SUV safety - are they safer than small cars?
New hybrid SUVs
Policy and Legislation
The Kyoto Accord
How do carbon credits work?
Carbon credit trading in the EU
White House Energy Policy
Daylight Savings Time
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