Adult Forum for January: Changing Technologies

Jan 09, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Where

Red River UU Church
515 N. Burnett Ave, Denison, TX, 75021

During January, we will learn about various changing technologies that impact our lives. You may also join us on Zoom. The Zoom link information is at the top of the Home page and is the same Zoom ID that we use for morning assembly.

Jan 2: The Webb Telescope

How does the Webb Telescope work? : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P8fKd0IVOs 29 min 45 sec

What makes Lagrange points special locations in space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PHvDj4TDfM 13 min 30 sec

Jan 9: Power Grid Storage

Pumped water Storage : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66YRCjkxIcg 9 min 13 sec
Iron air Battery storage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui6wWzxCrQ8 12 min 2 sec
Rail gravity energy storage : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHrlnnbJuDg&t=112s 2 min 51 sec
Liquid metal battery : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRyo0Nr7CrY&t=1561s 32 min 33sec
Flywheel energy storage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X2U7bDNcPM&t=598s 11 min 19 sec

Jan 16: Coal plans and mines in Navajo county

Navajo nation buys coal mines on the cheap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N_cLRzGAJ0. 6 min 11 sec

Dropping stacks at Navajo Power Plant in Page, AZ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWTH2zoiNX0. 3 min 4 sec

Demolition of Nucla Power Plant this year in July: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL1vRqykFf0. 3 min 46 sec

Nanticoke Generating station demolition, Ontario, Canada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAMary8h9c4 11 min 2 sec

Wind turbine failures, top ten: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nemy4TD4I3A 10 min 27 sec

Thermal solar farm in China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZzaTs_q72k. 8 min 6 sec

World’s biggest Energy Megaprojects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp02tB7UDec 10 min 9 sec

Jan 23:An overview of some of the nuclear power plant accidents.

They seem terrible, but compared to the thousands of people killed by coal mining accidents and “Black Lung” disease, nuclear is pretty minuscule.

First fatal accident in US SL-1 reactor in Idaho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ8cYheR5xo 24 min 53 sec

Comparisons of dangerousness of nuclear power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3znG6_vla0 15 min 02 sec

Economics of nuclear power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC_BCz0pzMw. 16 min 10 sec

Jan 30: The great Texas blackout 202

Fault Lines; The Texas blackout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6hII8876QU. 25 min 38 sec

What really happened? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08mwXICY4JM 16 min 47 sec

Who’s to blame : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RIy-AOtPzo 2 min 50 sec

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