Term Paper Topics for Entropy and Human Activity

This page lists possible term paper topics, organized by category. This list is not exhaustive, but any topic listed here should provide the basis for an acceptable paper. If you have another idea, whether spontaneously or after looking at the topics listed here, please contact the instructor for confirmation that the topic is suitable. Further information about the term paper is available on-line at http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~piccard/entropy/rdpsyl.html#paper .

• Updating the Texts

  • Rifkin and Cohen on Global Warming
  • Rifkin and Cohen on Solar Power
  • Rifkin and Cohen on Nuclear Power
  
  

• Alternative Energy Sources

  • Geothermal
  • Hydroelectric
  • Nuclear
  • Solar
  • Wind
  • Other Fuels: Hydrogen, vegetable oil, lard, ethanol, ...
  
  

• Social Fixes

  • Population Control
  • Cultural Adaptation
  • Economic System Changes
  
  

• Problems

  • Pollution
  • Waste Disposal
  • Exhaustion of Resources
    • General
    • Oil
    • Coal
    • Water (suitable for domestic, agricultural, or industrial uses)
    • Soil (e.g., losses by wind and water erosion, salt contamination, drought, nutrient removal)
  
  

• Philosophical Ideas

  • Rifkin's World View
  • Nature of Time
  • Religion
  
  

• Other Technical Issues

  • Computers
  • Transportation
  • Information

Dick Piccard revised this file ( http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~piccard/entropy/topics.html ) on April 18, 2005.

Please E-Mail comments or suggestions to "piccard@ohio.edu" .