Engaging Adults in Science and Energy

by Pennsylvania State University

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This text provided ten weekly educational classes along with field experiences to adults living in rural Pennsylvania where a majority of natural gas exploration and development was occurring producing large-scale change within their communities. The program curriculum focused on energy and energy systems, the scientific process, social and economic impacts, and communication skills to enhance citizens' abilities to engage in civil dialogue around contentious topics.

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Publisher
Pennsylvania State University
Subjects
Geosciences, Geology
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Process of Science
  7. 1.1: Energy and your Life
  8. 1.2: What is Science?
  9. 1.2.1: Building Consensus and Peer Review
  10. 1.2.2: Science and Uncertainty
  11. 1.2.3: Science and Rationality
  12. 1.2.4: Science and the Media
  13. 1.2.5: References
  14. 1.3: Thinking Like a Scientist
  15. 1.4: Correlation vs. Causation
  16. 1.5: Reading Plots
  17. 1.6: Understanding Science: Big Ideas and Language
  18. 1.7: Exercise 1 - Oklahoma Earthquakes (Words and Positive Probability)
  19. 1.7.1: Activity
  20. 1.8: Exercise 2 - Scientific Evidence and Conclusions (Gas Safety)
  21. 1.9: Check Your Understanding
  22. 1.10: Glossary of Scientific Terms
  23. 1.11: Resources
  24. 1.12: Summary
  25. 2: Energy Choices for PA and the US
  26. 2.1: Introduction
  27. 2.2: A Little Light Physics of Energy
  28. 2.3: Energy Efficiency and Energy Content of Different Fuels
  29. 2.4: Visualizing Energy Use in the United States
  30. 2.4.1: Sankey Diagram Questions
  31. 2.5: Comparing Energy Sources
  32. 2.5.1: Cost
  33. 2.5.2: Air Pollution
  34. 2.5.3: Energy Return on Investment
  35. 2.5.4: Safety
  36. 2.6: PA Energy Choices
  37. 2.7: Energy Pricing
  38. 2.8: Are We Running Out of Oil?
  39. 2.9: Glossary of Energy Terms
  40. 2.10: Resources
  41. 2.11: Summary and Final Tasks
  42. 3: Constructive Conversations
  43. 3.1: Rules of Engagement
  44. 3.2: It's Not About the Nail
  45. 3.3: Why 'Constructive Conversations'?
  46. 3.4: Moving from Debate to Dialogue
  47. 3.4.1: Debate, Dialogue and Deliberation
  48. 3.4.2: Facilitating Deliberation
  49. 3.5: Key Skills for Constructive Conversations
  50. 3.5.1: Active Listening
  51. 3.5.1.1: Active Listening Strategies
  52. 3.5.1.2: Active Listening Activity
  53. 3.5.1.3: Try Active Listening Yourself
  54. 3.5.2: Mediating and Reframing
  55. 3.5.2.1: Mediating Role
  56. 3.5.2.2: Reframing- Moving from Positions to Interests
  57. 3.5.2.3: Reframing the Question- Public Issues Forum
  58. 3.5.2.4: Questions to help people articulate interests and solutions
  59. 3.5.2.5: Mediating and Reframing Activity
  60. 3.6: Resources
  61. 3.7: Summary
  62. 4: Geology and Seismic Testing
  63. 4.1: Check Your Understanding
  64. 4.2: Time
  65. 4.3: From the Earth to a Grain of Sand
  66. 4.3.1: The Structure of the Earth
  67. 4.3.2: Rocks
  68. 4.3.3: The Rock Cycle
  69. 4.3.4: The Principles of Geology
  70. 4.3.5: Sedimentary Rocks
  71. 4.3.6: Assessment
  72. 4.4: Energy
  73. 4.4.1: Oil and Natural Gas
  74. 4.4.2: How do geologists find oil and natural gas?
  75. 4.4.3: Environmental Costs to Extraction
  76. 4.4.4: Assessment
  77. 4.5: Glossary of Geologic Terms
  78. 5: Shale Development Engineering
  79. 5.1: Introduction
  80. 5.2: The Phases of Exploration, Leasing, Drilling and Production
  81. 5.3: Exploration Phase
  82. 5.4: Leasing Phase
  83. 5.5: Drilling and Production Phase
  84. 5.5.1: Drilling Operations
  85. 5.5.2: Fracking and Production Phase
  86. 6: Understanding Pipeline Regulation, Construction and Land Impacts
  87. 6.1: Pipeline Basics
  88. 6.1.1: Types of Gas Pipelines
  89. 6.1.2: Regulatory Oversight
  90. 6.1.3: Compressor Stations
  91. 6.2: Pipeline Construction Steps
  92. 6.2.1: Installing a Pipeline
  93. 6.2.2: Lowering the pipe into the trench
  94. 6.2.3: Laying pipe across streams or rivers
  95. 6.2.4: Exercise 1
  96. 6.2.5: Restoring the pipeline's pathway
  97. 6.3: Right-of-Way and Easement Agreements
  98. 6.3.1: Exercise 2A
  99. 6.3.2: Negotiating a Right-of-Way Agreement
  100. 6.3.3: The Easement Agreement
  101. 6.3.4: Value of Rights-of-Way
  102. 6.4: Pipeline Safety
  103. 6.4.1: Pipeline Failure Causes
  104. 6.4.2: Safety Precautions
  105. 6.4.3: Exercise 2B
  106. 6.5: Check Your Understanding
  107. 6.6: Summary
  108. 7: Environmental Issues--Land Use Planning and Design
  109. 7.1: Promise and History
  110. 7.2: Landscape Ecological Planning and Geodesign
  111. 7.3: Stories and Voices
  112. 7.4: Envision, Project, Evaluate and Illustrate
  113. 7.5: Serious Games
  114. 7.6: Glossary of Land Use Planning and Design Terms
  115. 7.7: Summary
  116. 8: Environmental Issues--Water Resources and Management
  117. 8.1: Water Resource Availability
  118. 8.2: Water Quality
  119. 8.3: The Water-Energy Nexus
  120. 8.3.1: Water Management Practices for Shale Energy Production
  121. 8.4: Produced Fluids Management
  122. 8.5: Protecting Water Resources and the Environment
  123. 8.6: Glossary of Water Use Terms
  124. 9: Community Impacts
  125. 9.1: Studying Community Impacts
  126. 9.1.1: How do Sociologists Study Community Impacts?
  127. 9.1.2: How to Establish Causation in Social Science
  128. 9.1.3: Changes in Crime Related to Marcellus Shale Development
  129. 9.1.4: Traffic Impacts of Marcellus Shale Development
  130. 9.1.5: Community Impacts in the Media
  131. 9.2: Boomtown Impact Model
  132. 9.2.1: Characteristics of a Boomtown
  133. 9.2.2: Varied Boomtown Experiences
  134. 9.2.3: Risk Perception and Instiutional Trust
  135. 9.3: Resources
  136. 9.4: Summary
  137. 10: Economic Impacts
  138. 10.1: Jobs, Jobs, Who’s Got the Jobs?
  139. 10.2: Direct, Indirect and Induced Economic Impacts
  140. 10.3: The Ins and Outs of Workforce Impact Modeling
  141. 10.4: Check Your Understanding
  142. 10.5: Summary
  143. Back Matter
  144. Index
  145. Detailed Licensing