Consumption And Conservation

  1. Does the United States currently produce enough energy to meet its consumption needs? [answer]
  2. How much energy is saved by raising the setting for a home air conditioner? [answer]
  3. Which countries consume the most energy? [answer]
  4. How much water does an average person use each day? [answer]
  5. What does the term "cooling degree day" mean? [answer]
  6. How much energy is saved by recycling one aluminum can? [answer]
  7. What is the advantage of switching from incandescent to fluorescent light bulbs? [answer]
  8. How much money can be saved by lowering the setting on a home furnace thermostat? [answer]

Fossil Fuels

  1. Why are coal, oil, and natural gas called fossil fuels? [answer]
  2. How is a "heating degree day" defined? [answer]
  3. How and when was coal formed? [answer]
  4. What types of coal are there? [answer]
  5. What is a "miner's canary"? [answer]
  6. How is underground coal mined? [answer]
  7. When was the first oil well in the United States drilled? [answer]
  8. Why was lead added to gasoline and why is lead-free gasoline used in new cars? [answer]
  9. When did gasoline stations open? [answer]
  10. What are the main components of motor vehicle exhaust? [answer]
  11. How is gasohol made? [answer]
  12. How does driving speed affect gas mileage for most automobiles? [answer]
  13. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the alternatives to gasoline to power automobiles? [answer]

Alternative Energy

  1. What is alternative energy? [answer]
  2. There are three types of primary energy that flow continuously on or to the surface of the Earth. What are they? [answer]
  3. What is the difference between passive solar energy systems and active solar energy systems? [answer]
  4. What is biomass energy? [answer]

Nuclear Energy

  1. What is nuclear energy? [answer]
  2. How many nuclear power plants are there worldwide? [answer]
  3. What is the difference between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion? [answer]
  4. What is the Rasmussen Report? [answer]
  5. What is a meltdown? [answer]
  6. Where did the expression "China Syndrome" originate? [answer]
  7. Which nuclear reactors have had accidents? [answer]
  8. What caused the Chernobyl accident? [answer]
  9. What was the distribution of radioactive fallout after the Chernobyl accident? [answer]
  10. What actually happened at Three Mile Island? [answer]
  11. How is nuclear waste stored? [answer]