Water to Burn

Content

1. What is Iceland’s major source of energy? What goal do they have for the year 2050?


2. What are the environmental advantages of doing away with oil?


3. What is Canada focusing its energy production on?


4. What are some of the current downfalls of producing hydrogen? How does Iceland propose to remedy this?


5. Describe “The Ultimate Fuel” station.


6. Explain how fuel cells work.


7. Although hydrogen is one of the most common elements on earth, why do “critics claim it will never become a dominant source of energy?”


8. How has the extraction of oil yielded less and less over the past hundred years?


9. Compare the cost to production benefits of hydrogen and gasoline.


10. Why is the Japanese public reluctant to trust hydrogen power?


11. How have some European countries guaranteed demand for alternative energy?


12. 1. What is Canada’s potential to develop wind energy? In comparison with other countries, how do we fare?
    
    
    2. In what other ways is Canada sorely lagging behind other countries in alternative energy production?

Extended Thinking

1. What is the Kyoto Protocol? What does it specify?


2. Why is Iceland venturing into alternative energy? Why is Canada not?


3. What is the attitude of the Icelanders presented in the article, regarding solving the world’s energy problems?


4. From the evidence presented in the article, build a heated case to encourage Canada’s alternative energy producing initiatives.