150 -175 words each question
please paste question in chapter above each answer
attached below is the book
Chapter 10
Considering the major environmental and human costs associated with corn-based ethanol production and its low EROEI, why do U.S. farmers continue growing large amounts of corn specifically for ethanol production?
Chapter 11
Based on your reading from this chapter, what basis is there for considering an individual human as an ecosystem or a complex ecological community? How might understanding ecological concepts be useful for maintaining human health?
Discuss how the health of individuals is determined by an interaction between their genome and their exposome.
Chapter 12
What would be the advantages and disadvantages of an economic system in which all products are recyclable?
How would engineers and others ensure that a nuclear waste repository is safe from not only physical disturbance but also human intrusion for the next million years?
Chapter 13
Is massive pollution an inevitable consequence of economic development? Explain your reasoning.
Research sources of indoor pollution in homes like yours. What are some major sources of indoor pollution in your home? Which were most surprising? What can you do to reduce indoor pollution in your home?
Chapter 14
Please click the link to watch the video "An Inconvenient Truth" which Al Gore made in 2006. Take notes on this video and upload them to the appropriate place on Launchpad.
After digesting all of this material, please jot down some of the major thoughts you had about the video and the article. This is a discussion, so please feel free to discuss the topic back and forth in a respectful way.