Questions from Gymnasium Miesbach

Question 9 to 16 out of 23

09. Looking back and thinking ahead

Asked by: Gymnasium Miesbach | Lycée Pasteur

a) Imagine it would be possible to turn back the clock a hundred years. What do you think we would do differently?

b) We are naturally not able to turn the clock back, but we can learn from the past. What kind of information does the past reveal?

I like the idea of Negawatt. Maybe people would have had this idea earlier if they knew what would happen in the future. Negawatt power is the idea of creating incentives to reduce demand for electricity to ease the load at peak times or alleviate the need to build more generation plants. In theory, these negawatts can be aggregated and an arbitrage market could be created to trade these. So, what is a negawatt?

\né-gə-wät\ n: A measure of the avoided use or the conservation of a unit of energy. Coined by author and scientist Amory Lovins, the term has been around for quite a long time. When energy efficiency measures are implemented in existing structures, energy consumption is reduced. This reduction can be measured in negawatts. Get it? negative watts.

10. In order to get to know you a little better, a few questions now follow that at first glance have nothing to do with the topic of climate change.

Asked by: Gymnasium Miesbach | Lycée Pasteur

a) If you were able to freely choose, which kind of life you woul like to lead – what would this involve?

b) Do you have the feeling you are free to choose what the real prospects of your future life will be?

c) If you answer no, what do you think is lacking and therefore negatively influencing your personal decisions for the future?

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11. Things you enjoy doing

Asked by: Gymnasium Miesbach | Lycée Pasteur

a) What kind of things do you really enjoy doing?

b) How often can you do the things you really enjoy? (And, why are you not able to do them all the time?)

(no answer yet)

Now it’s your turn to compile the questions 12 until 16. Carefully consider the best way of posing questions in order to gain the best possible insight into the everyday views and lifestyle of society around you, and what is changing.