Problem: Find Alternative Energy
Date of meeting: 15th March 2011
Time of meeting: 10:15
Venue: W101
Group members:
Chair: Hamdan.
Minute taker: Amer.
Participant: Othman.
Venue preparation:
Grouping of chairs round tables
.Agenda:
The new energy,
high cost, friendly to environment,
low cost, the increasing of CO2, economy in Europe
The chairman Hamdan opened the meeting at 10:15
1. New Energy:
Hamdan said its a good idea to use the hydroelectric energy
Hedley worried about the price of the hydroelectric power because some countries cannot afford it .
Amer said that our country can afford the cost of the hydroelectric power and other alternative energy
Othman said our country can use the solar energy, because enough sunlight to produce energy and we can use floating windmills in the sea to produce energy.
2. Uranium energy:
Hamdan said that the Uranium energy can be used in any country and it’s cheap and Hedley said is good idea and Othman said that our country is building a new city called Masdar city that will decreasing the CO2 and it uses clean energy. Amer said the government support the clean energy by (IRENA) meeting.
3. oil effects on the environment:
Amer said that the oil and the gases are affects the environment and we must decreasing the CO2. Hedley said that we cannot stop using the oil, because many countries in Europe depends on the oil energy.
4. Europe economy:
Some countries cannot afford the alternative energy, because the of economy crises like, Greece and UK.
In the end we reached the conclusion of:
1. Othman and Amer agreed with Hamdan but hedley said it’s very expensive.
2. The nuclear energy got positive views from the group.
3. The idea of stop using oil cannot be applied because some countries can’t use alternative energy.
4. Europe will continue using cheap and harmful energy sources due to economy crises and the high cost of alternative energies.
