ENergy and place
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
- How does energy production impact place?
-How do your sense of place, environmental ethic, and your understanding of our energy needs influence you perception of human's use of earth's resources and your own lifestyle decisions?
- How does energy production impact place?
-How do your sense of place, environmental ethic, and your understanding of our energy needs influence you perception of human's use of earth's resources and your own lifestyle decisions?
Scientific Paper
Biofuel Infographic
https://magic.piktochart.com/output/5750330-biofuels
energy and place Reflection
While researching and designing my infographic, which focused on biofuels, I was able to gain a deeper understanding of energy not only in the United States but also across the world. Once finding a topic that interested me I developed a question that would allow me to do broad research and learn more about the topic. My question was are biofuels worth it? I wanted my audience to make a evidence based decision on whether they thought the use and production of biofuels was worth it from the information I provided on my infographic. During my research I learned a lot about what goes into biofuels, which really surprised me in the end because so much valuable food sources are used as well as large vital pieces of land is used to grow the food for biofuels. On the contrary, I also learned about how little people used biofuel. I was able to create a rollover map of the world that showed what countries used biofuels, how much, and what kind. My research also helped me to understand the different levels of biofuels and their importance as well as their usage. From my research and digging into many bias articles on biofuels and all that comes along with the production of them, I found I became more curious and would be interested in expanding my question, or rather narrow my focus. Out of all of the information I found about biofuels and how little they are used I would be interested in seeing how different they from the other major oil sources we use today and seeing if all of that work for the little use is in the long run worth it for us as a planet to use and create more biofuel. I also wish I dived deeper into the idea and science of biofuels being better for our planet.