The part A of the course is completed by now and the second part of the course, which is the "knowledge creation" part, would be started.
At the first phase of part B, which is called B0, Each of the students was asked to think individually about the topic that matters to him/her and create a question regarding that topic. The question could have been in any field, like a scientific question or a social or even a personal question. The goal of this phase was to create a basis for establishing common emergent thematic fields.
My question was about environmental issues. That is my question:
"What environmental effects would the development of alternative energies in the future cause, especially considering the growing use of electric power within the car industry?"
The reasoning behind the importance of this topic to me could be summarized as follow:
Pollution is a very hot topic at the moment all around the world. The destruction of the nature has effects on everybody. In some topics, just international solutions are possible, as e.g. air pollution does not stop at borders between nations. The air pollution through the car and goods vehicle industry is rather large, because almost everyone has a car and lots of goods are transported by duty vehicles. Therefore, every litre of gasoline that is saved with a new model of car helps to prevent tons of CO2 and other dangerous substances. The hybrid car technology and the full electronic drive systems are a promising step to the right direction. It substitutes gasoline by electricity, which does not exhaust harmful substances. If this technology can get dominant in the market, then it has good effects on the situation of the nature.
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