1. Chapter 11 Technology and Energy: Prometheus’s Fire or Pandora’s Box?

2. © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Power Surge: The Advance of Technology The Fires of Industry Booting Up the Electronic Age Global Cyber-café: The Social Network Planet Hollywood: When Reality is Virtual and Virtual is Reality The Information (and Misinformation) Age

3. © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Energy: Fire from Above and Below Wood –Reforestation Coal –Global warming –Strip mines –Mountaintop removal mining

4. © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Energy: Fire from Above and Below Oil –OPEC Natural Gas Nuclear Fission: The Power of Ancient Suns –Nuclear power

5. Energy: Fire from Above and Below Nuclear Fusion: The Fire of the Cosmos –Thermonuclear reaction Alternative Energy: Sun, Wind, Earth, and Water –Wind power –Geothermal energy –Passive solar systems © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

6. Figure 11.1 World Primary Energy Consumption: 1980–2030

7. © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 11.2 World Primary Energy Consumption by Energy Source

8. © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 11.3 World Natural Gas Consumption: 2004–2030

9. © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Chariots of Fire: Automobiles and Transport Automobiles set in motion a cycle of sprawl that turned them from: –An oddity to a necessity across North America Train technology shifted to Europe In Latin America, with a few exceptions, trains are often old and less than reliable Gasoline–electric hybrids; fuel cell cars

10. © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Table 11.1 World Total Gasoline Consumption for Transportation

11. © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Turning Down the Heat: Global Warming & Appropriate Technology Place greater reliance on efficient mass transit, most notably trains Emphasize energy-efficient homes Explore alternative energy sources in earnest Reverse the trend toward disposable mass consumption