Questions on environmental law propounded by a hotshot student, with an attempt to provide answers:
1) What is the significance of California's state water resource control board?
T: controls water rights for whole state; secondarily, it makes water pollution control regs
2) What is the difference between east coast water rights and west coast water rights?
east coast is riparian, like the British. water goes to those on bank of stream. everyone on banks shares equally with others.
west coast is appropriative. water goes to the first person to take it (i.e., appropriate it). first person has priority over the second person, and second over the third.
3) What is the DWR and its significance?
T: see Resources Agency organization chart from second or third class. the Department of Water Resources build dams for the State; including the State Water project, which takes Delta water as far south as San Diego.
4) What is the connection between Roosevelt and energy policy in terms of the depression and lassez faire?
T: US economy was laissez faire on everything, until 3 major events occurred in 1917-1933- WWI, Prohibition, and Great Depression. Franklin Roosevelt initiated government intervention in many aspects of our economy.
5) From 1973 to 1981, i wrote down "65-70 %". What do these percentages represent? Also, What does the percentage 30 represent in terms of US oil.
T: US supplied about 70% of its own oil during the OPEC oil boycotts of 1973, and 1977. at that percent, our economy was disasterously affected with 18% per year inflation. We now import 70% of our oil.
6) From 1973 to 1981, i wrote down "alternative energy and conservation". How does the phrase ""alternative energy and conservation" describe this time period?
T: oil supplies had been cut off; Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter did everything possible to get people to conserve energy, and develop alternative sources.
7) What is the significance of the 1991 Gulf War and oil?
T: it was fought because of oil.
8) Which president was in office before Reagan?
T: Carter
9) What is the connection between oil subsidies and oil companies?
T: answer is complicated; short answer is take ES140 (Politics and the Environment) next semester and we can talk about it.
10) In 2000, CA put into place free market competition for electrical energy supplies . What happened in terms of the manipulation of electrical generation? Was this manipulation accepted by the second bush administration?
T: Enron went bankrupt, but many other companies that violated the law got away with it. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) controls interstate sales of energy; the second Bush laughed at California and ordered FERC not to help California. This allowed Reliant, Enron, and other cheaters to get away with it, and steal money from electric customers in CA.
11) How clean is hydroelectric?
T: building a dam is terrible in environmental damage; clean after being built.
1) What is the significance of California's state water resource control board?
T: controls water rights for whole state; secondarily, it makes water pollution control regs
2) What is the difference between east coast water rights and west coast water rights?
east coast is riparian, like the British. water goes to those on bank of stream. everyone on banks shares equally with others.
west coast is appropriative. water goes to the first person to take it (i.e., appropriate it). first person has priority over the second person, and second over the third.
3) What is the DWR and its significance?
T: see Resources Agency organization chart from second or third class. the Department of Water Resources build dams for the State; including the State Water project, which takes Delta water as far south as San Diego.
4) What is the connection between Roosevelt and energy policy in terms of the depression and lassez faire?
T: US economy was laissez faire on everything, until 3 major events occurred in 1917-1933- WWI, Prohibition, and Great Depression. Franklin Roosevelt initiated government intervention in many aspects of our economy.
5) From 1973 to 1981, i wrote down "65-70 %". What do these percentages represent? Also, What does the percentage 30 represent in terms of US oil.
T: US supplied about 70% of its own oil during the OPEC oil boycotts of 1973, and 1977. at that percent, our economy was disasterously affected with 18% per year inflation. We now import 70% of our oil.
6) From 1973 to 1981, i wrote down "alternative energy and conservation". How does the phrase ""alternative energy and conservation" describe this time period?
T: oil supplies had been cut off; Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter did everything possible to get people to conserve energy, and develop alternative sources.
7) What is the significance of the 1991 Gulf War and oil?
T: it was fought because of oil.
8) Which president was in office before Reagan?
T: Carter
9) What is the connection between oil subsidies and oil companies?
T: answer is complicated; short answer is take ES140 (Politics and the Environment) next semester and we can talk about it.
10) In 2000, CA put into place free market competition for electrical energy supplies . What happened in terms of the manipulation of electrical generation? Was this manipulation accepted by the second bush administration?
T: Enron went bankrupt, but many other companies that violated the law got away with it. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) controls interstate sales of energy; the second Bush laughed at California and ordered FERC not to help California. This allowed Reliant, Enron, and other cheaters to get away with it, and steal money from electric customers in CA.
11) How clean is hydroelectric?
T: building a dam is terrible in environmental damage; clean after being built.