Peak uranium

Simply by hearing the word nuclear people immediately steer away from the topic or dismiss it entirely. The word is tied to death and destruction but over all else fear. We think of the atomic bombs the U.S. dropped on Japan. We think of Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and most recently Fukishima. All three melted down leaving destruction and untold consequences in their wake. Although these events were indeed disasters, they were cause by unknown factors and were the worst case scenario; Yet…

After close inspection of Rio Tinto, there have been widespread allegations against the company with regard to its bad behavior as a corporate citizen. Rio Tinto is a global mining company with extensive operations in Africa. Their “products” are the stocks that they currently allow people to buy to invest in the company. Ways that Rio Tinto’s social impact affects their company is as follows. If Rio Tinto was to in any way harm its image and integrity as a company, everyday people will then…

The Cameco Corporation is an international uranium producer accounting for about 16% of global production (Cameco, 2015). With mines in Canada, the United States and Kazakhstan, Cameco has approximately 429 million pounds of uranium reserves (Cameco, 2015). The uranium industry (specifically in Canada) is composed of firms that mine, refine and convert uranium ore into uranium dioxide and uranium hexafluoride both of which are used to produce fuel bundles for nuclear reactors across Canada…

connect to a households Wi-Fi network; which is then displayed on the buyers tablet, PC, and smart phone. These appliances will contain functions that are energy saving and cost effective, for example, being able to turn off during peak time and rescheduled for an off peak time. Also, it will include lower settings to conserve energy such as a heatless spin cycle for dryers because they consume so much energy to operate. The market for smart appliances is still relatively young; growth is…

The UN has recently drafted a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that they aim to achieve by 2030 in different fields such as energy. Indeed, the UN aims to “ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all” (Proposal for Sustainable Development Goals: Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform). Are targets measurable? 7.1 This target can be measured by combining both population and energy consumption data. That way, an energy consumption per capita unit…

Nowadays, having reliable and affordable modern energy resources is crucial since it plays a significant role in building a sustainable and stable environment system. Targets that the goal aims to are measurable Most of the targets can be easily measured by analysing data or observing the social influence.. Firstly, building universally accessed modern energy services will be workable. Since the measuring system "CWEEDS" can easily collected the data of energy distribution in Ontario,…

generation device. It is not only adding the ability to deliver power from vehicle to the grid, but also can apply the power flow (Lund & Kempton, 2008). V2G technology provides potential solutions to energy storage and stabilization. It can benefit in peak load shifting, smoothing variable generation from renewable energy, and providing distributed energy storage capacity (Peterson et al., 2010).. Electric vehicles have two fundamental characteristics: one is they are vehicles and other is they…

BP and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill (case analysis) BP is a multinational oil and gas company. This company is headquartered in London, UK. Not so long ago, this company has faced one of the world’s worst environmental tragedies. After its explosion in April 20th, 2010, the company’s situation had kept on getting worse and worse. The communication problem is that the crisis team that Tony Hayward (the CEO of BP) prepared to find solutions to the issue isn’t making much progress. Each month…

In the days before industrialization, climate change, carbon emissions and rising temperatures were not global issues. Back then, people were concerned more with the Bubonic plague or the Crusades, instead of their EVs and solar roofs. But obviously, the times have changed. In the mid-eighteenth century, also known as the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, there were roughly 700 million people on the Earth, compared to estimates of over seven billion in 2015 (McLamb). Much of the economic…

All four of these things can measure the distribution of energy and determine if in fact by 2030 there will be “universal access to affordable, reliable, and modern energy services” (7.1) 7.2 Eco footprint and eco system can help measure due to the fact that by monitoring the eco footprint it can be seen what is being wasted and where improvements can be made in order to “share of renewable energy in the global energy mix” (7.2). And the Ecosystem services in turn can be regulated… 7.3 For the…