NR 314 Midterm – Questions With
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Satisfy the basis of our material welfare, fulfill our daily needs
Choose an answer
What emissions is a product
1 What do products do for people? 2
responsible for?
Which indicators can quantitatively
3 A matrix 4
describe environ pressure/impact?
Don't know?
Terms in this set (92)
What emissions is a Only what it takes (consumes) to produce it
product responsible for?
, No. Only products viewed as valuable are
If a product has no
responsible for impacts. (The valuable product is
market value (eg waste),
responsible for any waste products; if there are 2
is it responsible for the
valuable products, they are each half responsible)
impact associated with its
production?
Practice corn example
What do products do for Satisfy the basis of our material welfare, fulfill our
people? daily needs
Do perfect No, there are always trade-offs
decisions/processes
exist?
Which socioeconomic Pop, water use, real GDP, primary energy use,
indicators can be used to transpo, telecommunication, intl tourism
try to quantify
development?
Which indicators can Marine fish capture, tropical forest loss,
quantitatively describe domesticated land, terr biosphere degradation,
environ pressure/impact? CO2/NO2/CH4
Impacts = Population (# people) X Affluence
I = PAT (consumption per capita) X Technology (impact per
consumption)
To understand impact vs functionality; in pursuit of
What is the goal of LCA
reducing impact and improving functionality to
methodology?
achieve a more sustainable society
Can you assess impact No.
without considering Ex. say ethanol has lower GWP/unit than gasoline,
functionality? Why? but gasoline can drive more miles than ethanol
Discipline trying to understand energy and material
flows in our industrial societies; operational
approach to sustainability b/c de-pollution
approach (end-of-pipe regs) isn't enough; industrial
Industrial ecology society as an ecosystem
Merge ecology with industrial society to create
green society; closed loop where all energy and
matter cycle, no pollution
Comprehensive Answers
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Practice questions for this set
Learn 1 /7 Study with Learn
Satisfy the basis of our material welfare, fulfill our daily needs
Choose an answer
What emissions is a product
1 What do products do for people? 2
responsible for?
Which indicators can quantitatively
3 A matrix 4
describe environ pressure/impact?
Don't know?
Terms in this set (92)
What emissions is a Only what it takes (consumes) to produce it
product responsible for?
, No. Only products viewed as valuable are
If a product has no
responsible for impacts. (The valuable product is
market value (eg waste),
responsible for any waste products; if there are 2
is it responsible for the
valuable products, they are each half responsible)
impact associated with its
production?
Practice corn example
What do products do for Satisfy the basis of our material welfare, fulfill our
people? daily needs
Do perfect No, there are always trade-offs
decisions/processes
exist?
Which socioeconomic Pop, water use, real GDP, primary energy use,
indicators can be used to transpo, telecommunication, intl tourism
try to quantify
development?
Which indicators can Marine fish capture, tropical forest loss,
quantitatively describe domesticated land, terr biosphere degradation,
environ pressure/impact? CO2/NO2/CH4
Impacts = Population (# people) X Affluence
I = PAT (consumption per capita) X Technology (impact per
consumption)
To understand impact vs functionality; in pursuit of
What is the goal of LCA
reducing impact and improving functionality to
methodology?
achieve a more sustainable society
Can you assess impact No.
without considering Ex. say ethanol has lower GWP/unit than gasoline,
functionality? Why? but gasoline can drive more miles than ethanol
Discipline trying to understand energy and material
flows in our industrial societies; operational
approach to sustainability b/c de-pollution
approach (end-of-pipe regs) isn't enough; industrial
Industrial ecology society as an ecosystem
Merge ecology with industrial society to create
green society; closed loop where all energy and
matter cycle, no pollution
