Transcript Democs Bioenergy

Democs Bioenergy
Learning outcomes
You will be able to:
• To discuss the ethical and social
issues around bioenergy
• To understand how bioenergy affects
different areas of society
• To form your own opinions on
bioenergy
Facts and Figures
• To help combat climate change the UK
has a target to reduce carbon
emissions by 80% by 2050.
• 30% of the UK renewable energy
could come from biomass heat and
electricity by 2020.
• To meet the European Renewable
Energy Directive, the UK is aiming for
10% of transport energy to be from
renewable sources by 2020.
• UK feedstocks made up 18% of the
sustainable renewable road transport
fuel used in the UK between April
What is bioenergy?
• Bioenergy - general term for any way
of using biological materials to
produce energy.
• Biofuels - renewable liquid or gaseous
transport fuel made from plants or
animal material.
• Biofuels are renewable as fresh
supplies of plants and the by-products
used to make them can be produced as
How to play
1. Read and answer questions about bioenergy.
2. Read the story cards and list the views and
concerns of the characters.
3. Pick 2 information cards you think are important
and discuss why.
4. Pick 2 issue cards that you think your character
would think is important and discuss why.
5. Identify which cluster your issue cards fit into and
discuss which cluster you think your character
would think is most important.
6. Fill in a ‘Making choices in the real world’ sheet.
7. Discuss which cluster is most important to YOU
and why.
THE READING ROUND
1. Read through “What is
bioenergy”
2. Answer questions a-e in your
groups
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a. What is bioenergy?
b. What is the difference between waste and
residue?
c. What are biofuels? How do biofuels differ to
fossil fuels?
d. What challenges can biofuels help tackle?
e. How are biofuels renewable?
f. What does the term ‘carbon neutral’ mean?
g. What are the three main biofuels?
THE STORY ROUND
1. Shuffle the pink story cards and deal them out to each
player. Read each one and take it in turns to read it out
to your group.
2. Make a list of the views and concerns of each
character as a group.
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Characters
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
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Farmer
Climate change campaigner
Environmental campaigner in Brazil
Retired science teacher
Coordinator of an EU-funded biofuels
project
S6 – MD of a small bioethanol company
S7 – Farmer
THE INFO ROUND
1. Shuffle the green cards and give them out.
2. Pick
2 that you think are important and discuss why.
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THE DISCUSSION ROUND
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1. Shuffle the blue cards and deal them out and choose 2.
BUT this time choose ones that you think your story character would
think are important.
2. Take on the role of your story character and take it in
turns to discuss what they would think of the issue
– remember to stay in character.
THE CLUSTER BIT
1. Taking the issues that you chose, identify which cluster the cards
fit into. These are:
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Affordable transport for people and freight
Food security for all
Justice for the poor
Providing a livelihood for local people
Maintaining local ecology (soil, nutrients, biodiversity, etc)
Reducing global warming
2. Take it in turns to share which cluster you think your story character
would think is most important?
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THE VOTING ROUND
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S
• We want to know what YOU
think.
• Each fill in the “making
choices in the real world”
sheet.
• Discuss which cluster is most
important to YOU and why.
Learning outcomes
You will be able to:
• To discuss the ethical and social
issues around bioenergy
• To understand how bioenergy affects
different areas of society
• To form your own opinions on
bioenergy