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e2: energy for a developing world

e2: energy for a developing world


http://physics.hpa.edu/physics/apenvsci/videos/e2_videos/e2%20energy/2%20energy%20for%20a%20developing%20world.mp4

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  1. Morgan Freeman or Brad Pitt?
  2. This series approaches environmental issues as an economic opportunity-how?
  3. Look up Muhammad Yunus in wikipedia-what did he do?
  4. Look up the history of Bangladesh: how was it created?
  5. Why is it so poor?
  6. Jeffrey Sachs says Bangladesh is called a basket case-why?
  7. What is his solution for poverty?
  8. What does Yunus say about poverty? Who created it?
  9. How is microcredit different from normal loans?
  10. Who did Grameen bank impact first?
  11. Why is energy the key to resolving poverty?
  12. Jeffrey Sachs uses the term “sine qua non”. What does this mean in this sense?
  13. What other things are needed in his vision?
  14. If you were a 17 year old woman growing up in Bangladesh, how would Grameen Shakti change your life?
  15. How would replacing kerosene lamps improve the health of women in Bangladesh?
  16. What does solar lighting also free the women for? How would this change their literacy, reproductive rights and children?
  17. You might notice CFL bulbs in the video (2007). LED bulbs would be standard now, why is this better?
  18. What is the impact of religion on population control, economic equality and education?
  19. If you were your age and gender in Bangladesh, how would your life be different?
  20. What are the three things a woman in the video buy once she has any money?
  21. As women become technicians for Grameen Shakti, they are able to do something men cannot do-explain.
  22. When Grameen Shakti started, a 20 Watt panel (like the one in the video) cost $200. It now costs 10$. What could happen now?
  23. What is the beautiful aspect of the biogas plant in the video?
  24. What is the ROI and TCO for the biogas system? (make an estimate, about $100 for the stove)
  25. The woman mentions she does not have to clean the pots-why does this impact her time more than just the washing?
  26. Tie this together with other woman cooking food, how does it enable them to have more time? What do they not have to do?
  27. What is environmental degradation, and environmental mining or predation?
  28. Bangladesh has a population of 161 million, about half of the US, in something the size of Michigan, all about 1 meter or less above sea level. What will happen to these people as global warming increases, and what would you do to solve this?
  29. “If you do not imagine, you cannot create” If you had a gazillion (lots) dollars, and could create a solution with global impact, what would it be?