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-====How Do We Determine "Environmental Impact"?====
+=====Town Hall Debate=====
-We have a lot of environmental concerns--human health, climate change, endangered species, ecosystem protection, and more.
-If all we wanted to know was "Which one releases more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?", it would be fairly easy to rank the different energy sources.
+In groups of 4, create a set of power plants that produces at least a total of 40 Power.
-If all we wanted to know was "Which one(s) threaten endangered species?", we might have to compare an impact on a bird species in one area and a fish species in another area.
+Have one network of power plants produce the LOWEST Environmental Impact while remaining with the budget of 300.
-You can imagine how different people might disagree about which environmental impacts deserve a higher (worse) score.
+Have the other network of power plants be produce for the LOWEST cost while keeping the Environmental impact below 40.
+Once this is complete, split your group of 4 into 2 groups of 2, and you will write a script defending your side. One pair, will be defending the network of power plants that produce the lowest cost, and the other group will be defending the network of power plants that produce the lowest environmental impact.
+===A good script will...===
+- Give accurate comparisons between the two plants INCLUDING the other factor.
+(If you're defending the lowest cost, compare your environmental impact with the others. How much higher is it and it this worth it for the money your saving?)
+- Talk about **specific** benefits of saving money, or of limiting environment impact.
+- Talk about **specific** problems associated with NOT saving money, or NOT reducing environmental impact.
-Imagine two power plant proposals that produce the same energy for the same cost.  Write a script for a town hall meeting where people can't agree on which environmental impact.
-A good script will:
-  * accurately describe the environmental impacts of two types of power plants;
-  * create a "fuzzy" valuation, where some people may be genuinely concerned about both types of environmental impacts;
-  * present compelling speeches that favor one side over the other;
-  * offer some suggestions for how to resolve the conflict between the two sides.
 - [[Environmental Impact]]