Energy and Society Homework

Watch the following video: Hans Rosling: The Magic Washing Machine (TED Talk). Hans Rosling, the presenter, is a demographer. He points out that population will increase by 2 billion by 2050, but he makes the argument that energy needs will double from today. Why does he say this? Check any and all that apply.

According to the speaker in the video from Question 1, the average person who is in the richest billion (more than $80 per day) uses how much more energy than the average person in the poorest 2 billion (less than $2 per day) in 2010?

Watch the following video, Stewart Brand: 4 Environmental ‘Heresies’ (TED Talk), in particular focusing on the part between 9:00 and 12:40, in which the speaker talks about nuclear energy. (The whole thing is interesting, and don’t miss the train video at 6:00 – incredible). List some advantages of nuclear energy, as suggested by the speaker (check all that apply).

What are some problems with renewable energy, as suggested by the speaker in the video from Question 3 (check all that apply)?