The Science of Global Warming

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 06.05.07

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Background
  4. Is Global Warming Real
  5. The Case for Biodiesel
  6. Methods
  7. Laboratory #1
  8. Laboratory #2
  9. Laboratory #3
  10. Laboratory #4
  11. Laboratory #5
  12. Appendix
  13. Annotated Bibliography

The Case for Biodiesel with Selected Experiments

Matthew N. Van Kouwenberg

Published September 2006

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Appendix

Temperature of the Earth Without Global Warming

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Temperature of Venus

Where Ls is the luminosity (brightness) of the Sun, Π is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to the diameter, d is the distance from the Earth to the Sun, R is the radius of the Earth, A is the albedo, s is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant, and T is the temperature of the Earth.

Temperature of Venus Without Global Warming

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Water Thermal Expansion

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CO2 Reduction of Biodiesel Over Petroleum

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Land calculation

150000000000 gallons of petroleum fuel used a year

1 acre of land yields 55-200 gallons of biodiesel

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Figure 1http://www.grida.no/climate/vital/02.htm

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