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

Tools for this Unit:

Annotated Bibliography

1. Donney, Scott (2006) The Dangers of Ocean Acidification: Scientific American March 2006

Information on ocean acidification

2. Eidman, Vernon, (2006)

Renewable Liquid Fuels: Current Situation and Prospects. Choices Vol. 21)

http://www.choicesmagazine.org/2006-1/biofuels/2006-1-03.htmInformation on cellulose ethanol and gallons per acre

3. Environmental Protection Agency (2006)

http://www.epa.gov/Region7/programs/artd/air/quality/health.htmHealth effects of gases

4. Flannerty, Tim (2006). The Weather Makers. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press

Background reading

5. Gore, Al (2006). An Inconvenient Truth. Emmaus, PA: Rodale

Background Reading

6. Hansen, Jim. The Threat to the Planet: The New York Review 6.15.06 .

Background Reading

7. Henderson, Mark (2005)

Britain Faces Big Freeze as Gulf Stream Loses Strength. The Times Dec. 01, 2005

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1898493,00.htmlInformation of the Gulf Stream

8. HowStuffWorks (2006)

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question417.htm

Information on gasoline consumption in the US

9. Kolbert, Elizabeth. (2006).

Field Notes From A Catastrophe. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing

Background Reading

10. Peterson, Britt (2006)

Using the Past to Model the Future. Seed Magazine August 15

http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/02/using_the_past_to_model_the_fu.phpInformation on the Oceans

11. Peterson, Charles, (2002)

Potential Production of Biodiesel

http://www.uidaho.edu/bioenergy/BiodieselEd/publication/02.pdf

Information on yellow grease

12. http://www.simetric.co.uk/si_water.htmSteam tables

13. United Nations Environmental Programme (1999)

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

Figure 1

14. United States Department of Energy (2003)

http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/progs/fuel_compare.cgi

information relating biodiesel to gasoline and diesel

15. Visalli, Dana. Getting a Decent Return on Your Energy Investment: Energy Bulletin April 2006. http://www.energybulletin.net/14745.html

EROEI information

16. Wikipedia (2006)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth

Ocean volume and area

17. Wikipedia (2006)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth's_atmosphereAtmospheric composition

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