T3 4090 - Geologic Resources

• Be able to think synthetically with regard to changes in other products we use (e.g. cars, airplanes). How is materials use changing? What pressures are driving those changes?
• Be conversant with energy resources, how human use of them has changed with time, and what the future may hold with regard to energy in light of energy availability and the threat of global warming.
• Comprehend the significance of the difference in energy used in extraction of a given resource from its ore versus the energy used in recycling that same resource (where recycling is possible).
• Know how energy sources have changed through time in the processing of ores of iron, copper, aluminum, and glass.
• Know the geologic setting in which most important metals, industrial minerals, and energy resources are found.
• Understand how architecture is changing with adjustments in prices and environmental impacts of resources used in construction.
• Understand the nature of separating ore from product in the cases covered in class.