I think I’d like to do my CI blog on energy. I’d like to focus on and think about how the idea ‘clean’ energy is being sold to the populace, whether truthful or not. I can go into four different forms of energy, their pros and cons from a civic standpoint, and why they have or have not become popular. For example, I can focus on oil, nuclear, wind, solar, and more creative ones like corn oil. I can talk about fracking, “natural” gas, and coal. I like this topic because it is significant, it has depth, and it’s interesting to me. I’d love to explore some more of the science behind these forms of energy.
To give myself a head start on this topic, I naturally turned to google.
This is a website community devoted to calling people to act against fracking. http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/fracking/ Similarly, this a website for a movie devoted to persuading viewers to stop fracking. http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/whats-fracking
As a response, this website offers a different perspective, supporting fracking despite attackers. http://www.what-is-fracking.com/ Here is a news article describing a conflict arising from these conflicting claims http://online.wsj.com/article/AP95320671aa53407a9281b662a9fea257.html
Here is a news article on advances in solar energy. http://www.wlfi.com/dpp/news/local/seminar-series-touches-on-solar-energy-research-efforts
This is a clean energy intitiative website that describes nuclear power. http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-and-you/affect/nuclear.html
This is a blog that allows users to brainstorm new forms of sustainable energy. Its a great way for the public to interact and communicate. http://blog.humanimpactsinstitute.org/2012/03/creativity-and-renewable-energy-at-sxsw-what-is-your-commitment/
