Issue 11 – Biofuels and Food Prices
a. What are biofuels?
b. Outline and discuss three main areas of disagreement between Donald Mitchell and Kline et al.
c. Which side do you agree with? Explain your answer.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
2Issue 12 – Nuclear Power
a. What is the origin of the debate over nuclear power?
b. Outline and discuss three main areas of disagreement between Iain Murray and Kristin Shrader-Frechette.
c. Which side do you agree with? Explain your answer.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
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Issue 19 – Reprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuel
a. Describe nuclear fuel reprocessing.
b. Outline and discuss three main areas of disagreement between Phillip Finck and Charles Ferguson.
c. Which side do you agree with? Explain your answer.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
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From library or internet research, find an article about reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. Be sure to provide a reference to your article.
a. Describe the article.
b. Explain the article author’s position on reprocessing.
c. Do you agree with the article author’s position? Explain your answer.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations
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From library or internet research, find an article about nuclear power plants (not about reprocessing). Be sure to provide a reference to your article.
a. Describe the article.
b. Explain the article author’s position on whether or not more nuclear power plants should be built.
c. Do you agree with the article author’s position? Explain your answer.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
6. Please discuss the ability of different farming practices (including use of genetically modified seeds) to feed large populations. Less than 200 words
7 Share with the class an experience where you have worked with, or know someone with problems associated with shift work. What were the effects of the problems and what was done to help the individual? What was the shift work schedule? If you don’t have any personal experience, then you may research a case study that dealt with improvement of a shift work schedule. Less than 200 words
