The anthocyanin in hydrangeas can be isolated and used as an
environmentally friendly pH indicator for titrations. At the end of
a titration reaction of a strong acid with a strong base, you have
a neutral solution. What color do you expect anthocyanin to be at
the end of a titration? Describe a lab experiment to support your
prediction.
1) You have decided to design an environmentally friendly house
in which to live. Discuss at least three features you would
incorporate in the design and explain both the economic and
environmental benefit of each.
ENERGY STRATEGY
How the expanded use of biofuels,in place of fossil
fuel, was thought in theory to be able to slow the buildup of
greenhouses gases in the atmosphere.
Briefly describe two unexpected results that the
mandated use of corn ethanol in the United States has had on the
global environment and/or population.
How the coal panics in Great Britain at the end of the
1800s are similar in two ways to the oil panics of recent
years,specifically just before...
Discuss the role of storage in natural gas trading.
Discuss the economic consequences of fossil fuel
subsidies.
Explain the economic concept of peak-load pricing.
5. Suppose you wanted to hasten the transition from a depletable
fossil fuel to solar energy. Compare the effects of a per-unit tax
on the depletable resource to an equivalent per-unit subsidy on
solar energy. Would they produce the same switch point? Why or why
not?
The emission of NO2 by fossil fuel combustion can be prevented
by injecting gaseous urea into the combustion mixture. The urea
reduces NO (which oxidizes in air to form NO2) according to the
following reaction:
2CO(NH2)2(g)+4NO(g)+O2(g)→4N2(g)+2CO2(g)+4H2O(g)
Suppose that the exhaust stream of an automobile has a flow rate of
2.56 L/s at 672 K and contains a partial pressure of NO of 13.5
torr .
a.) What total mass of urea is necessary to react completely
with the NO formed...
For each of the following alternative-to-fossil-fuel electrical
generation methods, explain whether they are often used in Oklahoma
or not. If not, explain why.
a. Geothermal power generation
b. Wind turbine power generation
c. Lake water power generators
d. Nuclear power generators
e. Solar reflector power plants
Discuss factors affecting the adoption of environmentally
friendly technological innovation
among firms.
From your perspective what is the most important factor? Support
your answer
with realistic examples.
Discuss, and make a comparison of, pollution by conventional fossil-fuel power plants and nuclear-fission power plants. Consider thermal pollution, chemical pollution, and radioactive pollution.