Preliminary Program Participants and Abstracts

Availability of Resources Aspects

Availability of Resources Indicators and Indices


Section 2.7.0   Assessment Scoring

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2.7  Evaluation of the Availability of Resources Indicators and Indices
A. Sustainable resources management indicators and indices
B.    Indicators and indices of recreational resources
C.    Land use shifts indicators and indices
D.    Natural resources indicators and indices
E.    Energy indicators and indices
        E.1    Availability of energy resources
        E.2    Energy and the environment
        E.3    Sustainable mining and energy development
        E.4    Environmental demands faced by the energy and mineral industries
        E.5    Government interventions to strengthen the energy industry
        E.6    Mining sector indicators and indices
        E.7    Energy security indicators and indices
        E.8    Sustainable energy development
        E.9    Oil industry indicators and indices
        E.10    Coal industry indicators and indices
        E.11    Natural gas industry indicators and indices
        E.12    Energy and oil and gas consumption
        E.13    Petroleum resources and economic of transport fuel options
        E.14    Economic interaction between pollution control measures and consequential development in the energy market
        E.15    Fuel cycle review of environmental control
        E.16    Energy exploration, production, transportation, transformation and end-use
        E.17    Environmental impacts of the coal energy cycle
        E.18    Future emissions in the energy sector
        E.19    Emission control technologies for coal and other fossil fuels energy facilities
        E.20    Emission and amelioration techniques for fossil fuel power plants
        E.21    Emission satndards for SO2, NOx and particulates for energy facilities
        E.22    Policy measures to enforce before 2005 in order to accomplish energy activites in the least environmentally damaging and at the least cost
        E.23    Environmental characteristics of substitute fuels
        E.24    Advanced generation technologies
F.    Electricity generation indicators and indices
        F.1    The role of electricity in the energy sector
        F.2    Electricity generation, GDP and energy consumption
        F.3    Assessment of health effects of electricity generation
        F.4    Environmental impacts of electricity generation
        F.5    Environmental pathways and impacts of pollutants produced by electricity generation
        F.6    Energy and environmental performance of small plants: combined heat and power, district heating and industrial facilities
        F.7    Nuclear energy
        F.8    Environmental impacts associated with electricity generation from Uranium fuel cycle
G.    Renewable sources of energy indicators and indices
        G.1    Fossil fuels vs renewable energy
        G.2    Contribution of renewable energy technologies to energy supplies
        G.3    Hydroelectricity and the environment
        G.4    Overview of the environmental impacts of renewable energy technologies
H.    Environmental considerations and impacts for:
        H.1    Active solar heating and cooling technologies
        H.2    Passive solar technologies
        H.3    Solar thermal technologies
        H.4    Biomass energy conversion technologies
        H.5    Wind energy conversion systems
        H.6    Hydrogen technologies
        H.7    Water energy technologies
        H.8    Geothermal energy technologies
        H.9    Photovoltaic technologies
I.    Energy efficiency and conservation indicators and indices
J.    'Clean' energy technologies indicators and indices
K.    Agriculture indicators and indices
L.    Food products indicators and indices
M.    Livestock indicators and indices
N.    Fishery indicators and indices
O.    Forest products indicators and indices
P.    High-tech products indicators and indices
Q.    Secondary sources of health:
        Q.1    Properties and assets
        Q.2    Tourism
        Q.3    Arts
        Q.4    Sports
        Q.5    Land use
        Q.6    Entertainment
        Q.7    Buildings, equipment and other materials
        Q.8    Automaking industry
        Q.9    Recreational (outdoor and indoor)
R.    Sustainable resources development
 

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Section 2.7   Assessment Scoring

 


Section Assessment Scoring
Evaluation of the Availability of Resources Indicators and Indices

I(normalized) =  0.5500



In this assessment, the values used for I(normalized) are the same as those obtained and described in section 2.3 The Mathematical Model. The two tables in The Scale of Values obtained from the survey, guess-estimated and standard give all normalized values in their last columns. Although most values were not given here, they were obtained a few years ago by evaluating each impact as shown in section 2.3 under Impact equation example: Forestry. It is obvious now that one has to keep updating these impact equation calculations every year as the world is changing very fast. Their calculations are a very powerful educational tool and should be used in school to educate students in thinking globally and in terms of interactions and their multidimensional effects within themselves and on all four major interacting quality systems. To become responsible in sustaining Earth has to start at early stage in someone's life and calculating impact equations would be one of their first steps.
 
  Sub-section %    =    Total number of points for the subsection     x     100%
                              Total number of questions for the sub-section               5

Section Rating        =        Sub-section % total        x        0.5500
                                                            67

                                     =       GESDI     for this section

This value of GESDI is then added to the values in the other sections of this assessment report. The total value for GESDI is the GESDI for the home and the community it belongs to.
 

 

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2.7.1  Evaluation of the Availability of Resources Issues and Concerns

1. Sources of Electricity Generation
2. Agriculture
3. Forests, wood products
4. Mineral, raw materials
5. Food products, livestock, meat products, dairy products
6. Fisheries
7. Mining
8. Water: freshwater
9. Fishing
10. Energy
  i) Production
  ii) Development
  iii) Use
  iv) Sources
  v) Energy Efficiency
  vi) Renewable Energy
  vii) Energy Conservation
  viii) Energy Trade and Markets
  ix) Clean Energy Technologies
  x) Nuclear Power
  xi) Fossil Fuels: Oil and Natural Gas
  xii) Hydroelectric Power
11. Secondary sources of wealth:

a. Assets b. Buildings c. Equipment d. Properties e. Tourism f. Land use g. Entertainment h. Arts i. Sports j. Recreational (indoor and outdoor) k. Auto and plane l. Pharmaceutical products m. High tech products n. Gambling o. Lotteries p. Communications products

12. Decline in the creation of real wealth
13. Measurement of Indicators
14. Monitoring
15. Making results of measurements available on the Internet
16. Per capita export of timber volume of forest products
17. Per capita consumption of timber and forest products
18. Old-growth trees
19. Wilderness and protected areas
20. Recreational sites
21. Vegetation

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Section 2.7.1   Assessment Scoring

 


Section Assessment Scoring
Evaluation of the Availability of Resources Issues and Concerns

I(normalized) =  0.5500



In this assessment, the values used for I(normalized) are the same as those obtained and described in section 2.3 The Mathematical Model. The two tables in The Scale of Values obtained from the survey, guess-estimated and standard give all normalized values in their last columns. Although most values were not given here, they were obtained a few years ago by evaluating each impact as shown in section 2.3 under Impact equation example: Forestry. It is obvious now that one has to keep updating these impact equation calculations every year as the world is changing very fast. Their calculations are a very powerful educational tool and should be used in school to educate students in thinking globally and in terms of interactions and their multidimensional effects within themselves and on all four major interacting quality systems. To become responsible in sustaining Earth has to start at early stage in someone's life and calculating impact equations would be one of their first steps.
 
  Sub-section %    =    Total number of points for the subsection     x     100%
                              Total number of questions for the sub-section               5

Section Rating        =        Sub-section % total        x        0.5500
                                                            21

                                     =       GESDI     for this section

This value of GESDI is then added to the values in the other sections of this assessment report. The total value for GESDI is the GESDI for the home and the community it belongs to.
 

 

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