3.3. The battle against climate change

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3.3 The battle against climate change

Programme

• Introduction to 3.3
• Discuss alternatives & issues
• Check exercises 3.2
• Work on 3.3

Energy

• What is the most important resource for energy in the Netherlands?
• Why do we need to change the way we get our energy?
  
  
• All necessary changes and steps to reach this new economy of energy is called the energytransition.

Possible avenues to combat 

climate change

1. Inhibiting population growth
   
2. Energy saving
   
3. Capture and storage of greenhouse gases
   
4. Energy transition

Capture and storage of greenhouse gases

Sorry - today you get a Dutch video that explains why this is one of the necessary components.

Which source of 'sustainable' energy is this?

1. Geothermal
2. Nuclear
3. Biomass
4. Manure incineration

Renewable, yes.

Is / isn't sustainable, why?

Which source of 'sustainable' energy is this?

1. Geothermal
2. Hydropower
3. Nuclear
4. Gravitational energy

Renewable, yes.

Is / isn't sustainable, why?

Which source of 'sustainable' energy is this?

1. Geothermal
2. Hydropower
3. Nuclear
4. Heat and power coupling

Renewable, yes.

Is / isn't sustainable, why?

pro's & con's?

Which pro's and con's to solar & wind energy do you know?

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solar energy

turbines

nuclear energy

conventional energy

CO2 emmisions

water vapour

unconventional energy

renewable

Pro

Con

Low carbon

nuclear meltdowns

nuclear waste

Not intermittent

Cheap to run

expensive to build

Let's do some processing!

Read 3.3

Make 3.3 exercise 1-6

Check your work of 3.2

use online method / answersheet in Teams