Topic: Identify a Solution to Environmental and Climate Challenges of Economic Activities in China
More narrowly defined Focus (choose one): Technological and Economic Aspects (Research and Development, Production, and Installation, Marketing, Consumption, Efficiency, and Consumers), Support (Laws, Government Policies, Information Flows and Debates on Pros and Cons of the Technology), and Implications (Economic, Social, and Environmental)

Research Planning Form [due by Thursday, 01/22/2015];  Weekly Writing Exercices [due by the preceding Sunday of every week's writing lesson reading]

Solutions (Select one as the general topic of your research project, which you will narrow down according to your research questions and the availability of the related research materials):

Solutions (Select one as the topic of your paper):

  1. Renewable energy in China (Renewable energy with YouTube videos)
  2. Hydropower in China with YouTube videos: Three Gorges Dam (Hydropower with Youtube videos)
  3. Wind power in China withYouTube videos (Wind Power with YouTube videos)
  4. Solar power in China with YouTube vidoes, SunTech (Solar Power with YouTube videos)
  5. Sustainable transport with YouTube videos, a case study in China
  6. Electric cars in China with Youtube videos (Electric_car with YouTube videos, Electric_car_use_by_country)
  7. Community bicycle program, Bicycle sharing system, and List of bicycle sharing systems (YouTube videos)
  8. High-speed rail in China with YouTube videos (High Speed Rail with Youtube videos)
  9. Algae fuel with YouTube videos, List of algal fuel producers, Countries involved, a report on China, Available Resources for Algal Biofuel Development in China
  10. Geothermal power in China with YouTube video (Geothermal energy with Youtube videos)
  11. Fuel cell with YouTube videos, Hydrogen fuel with YouTube videos, Fuel cells and hydrogen in China 2012 with YouTube videos
  12. Energy storage with YouTube videos, Pumped-storage hydroelectricity, List of pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations with Youtube videos, China sets new record for renewable energy storage with YouTube videos
  13. Electric power transmission, Smart grid with Youtube videos, Smart Grid in China, Evolution of the smart grid in China with YouTube videos
  14. Efficient energy use, Energy conservation with YouTube videos, Fuel efficiency, Fuel economy in automobiles with YouTube videos
  15. Clean coal, Clean coal technology development in China with YouTube videos
  16. Liquid fluoride thorium reactor with YouTube videos) Generation IV reactor with Youtube videos, Nuclear power in China with YouTube videos, Waste to energy with Youtube videos, Waste management, Waste to enegy in China with YouTube videos
  17. Green building with Youtube videos, Passive house with Youtubevideos, Passive solar building design, Eco cities with Youtube videos, Eco city Tianjin with Youtube videos, China's green building future with YouTube videos and Google pictures
  18. 7 technologies where China has us beat with YouTube video
  19. Afforestation, Afforestation in China: Great Green Wall with YouTube videos

 

Based on Identified Related Problems (not as topic of your paper, but rather as the problem, which your selected technology will help resolve):

  1. Air pollution
  2. Water pollution
  3. Climate change
  4. Comparison of Fukushima and Chernobyl nuclear accidents
  5. Energy crisis
  6. Oil peak
  7. Environmental degradation
  8. Deforestation
  9. Etc.