Creating child-friendly cities: lessons from Monstropolis Presented by Dr Paul Tranter Recorded at the National Museum of Australia‚ 27 October 2007 ISA MENZIES: It gives me great pleasure to welcome Dr Paul Tranter to the National Museum of Australia. This is part of the Museum’s programs for Children’s Week (20-28 October 2007). Thank you very much for coming. PAUL TRANTER: ‘Lessons from Monstropolis’ - if you haven’t seen the movie Monsters‚ Inc. (2001)‚ you might be wondering why Monstropolis
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January 16‚ 2009 Global Oil Crisis – Word Count: 1‚823 Global Oil Crisis: The depleting oil supply and the need for alternatives Oil is the single most important energy source that drives our economy and makes civilized life as we know it today possible. It is so vital to our life that if the earth’s oil supply were to run out within the next 20 years‚ it would completely cripple the United States and its economy. We use oil and other fossil fuels for transportation (of goods‚
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Deciding the best use of land is sometimes complicated and controversial. There are usually at least two sides to the land controversy and these usually include someone trying to preserve the land and the other group trying to build or use the land for something that is not sustainable. A land controversy involving the Broadmoor Hotel and the city of Colorado Springs has been brewing for the past two years. The controversy centers around 189 acres known as Strawberry Fields. The parcel consists
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the quicker it peaks" (M. Simmons)_ The rate of oil being consumed is 4 times faster than they are discovered. Each year‚ the oil consumption increases while oil production has decreased/remain constant. 95% of all the recoverable oil in the world has been found and half of the world ’s total reserve which is about 2.5 trillion barrels of oil has already been consumed. The rate to produce high-quality and economically extractable oil is rapidly reaching the maximum level possible( Peak Oil )even after
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mounting with every year and it is pushing the country into dark ages. Worst part of this menace is the fact the installed capacity of electricity can not only fulfill the energy demand but can also produce surplus amounts of energy. The highest peaks of energy demand are up to 14000 to 14‚500 MW and the power generation capacity is 19.500MW. Hence the problem is an outcome of the absence of any viable solutions to add energy to the national grid. The pertaining factors which caused such an intense
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INTRODUCTION Sustainable development is about human development where the use of natural resources aim to meet the needs of human beings while simultaneously ensuring that the environment is maintained. These needs must be met for present as well as for future generations. In other words‚ in order for human beings as well as the planet to survive‚ changes has to be made that will maintain the natural resources that is available. There is currently a trade-off between sustainability and economic
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What happens when oil does peak? by Joel Bainerman Peak oil is often referred to as "Hubberts Peak"‚ a geophysicist who observed that oil well production followed a bell curve. According to the mainstream‚ convention view‚ peak oil is set to occur around 2006-2008. When peak oil occurs‚ production will decline approximately 3% per year at a time where global demand is increasing at 3% per year. What will all this mean for you and me- the average folk? Which industries will suffer the most- and
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all nations around the world will face an oil production crisis following a bell shaped curve based on the limits of exploitability and market pressure. Of course‚ not every nation will be faced with “Peak Oil”‚ it is based on the individual nation’s perspective and calculation of understanding peak oil. There are three main contributing factors that have caused this current global oil crisis: political instability‚ market pressure and the depletion of natural resources. Crude oil is one of the
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Introduction Origin of the Assignment: This assignment is prepared with the respect to the Module of “Business Environment.” I am assigned to prepare a paper by our honorable instructors Ellie Semsar to examine the factors that influence and determine the oil price in UK oil industry. The report also aims to provide how much and to what extent‚ Government policies influence oil prices in UK. Objective of the Assignment: This assignment has been prepared considering a number of objectives. The
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GING/local_assets/pdf/BP_World_Energy_Outlook_booklet_2013.pdf > [Accessed 11.03.2013] * The World Factbook. [Internet]. Available from < https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html > [Accessed 11.03.2013] * Peak Oil: The End of the Oil Age. [Internet] . Available from < http://www.oildecline.com > [Accessed 11.03.2013] * James Jordan & James R. Powell (2004). After Oil Runs Out. [Internet] . Available from < http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17039-2004Jun4
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