Ashfordton Alternative Energy Plan Assignment
Ashfordton Alternative Energy Plan Assignment
Now that you have cast your votes for the Ashfordton Alternative Energy Plan, it is time to explain your choices to the class. Please make a post of at least 200 words in which youIdentify (briefly) the plan elements on which you voted.Explain why you selected each one.You will not be able to view others’ posts until you have made your own.At the end of the week, the Instructor will post the winning Ashfordton Alternative Energy Plan, which will include the top four ideas selected by the class. In cases where two action items are judged by the Instructor to be nearly identical, he or she reserves the right to combine the ideas into a single one (and add votes together) in order to determine the winning ideas. This plan will be posted in the Announcements area of the classroom.
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Ashfordton Alternative Energy Plan: Imagine that you are a resident of Ashfordton, a community whose characteristics are described below. You have come together with your neighbors for a special meeting to devise a plan for helping the community become carbon-neutral by 2050, meaning that by that time, no net carbon dioxide emissions will be produced by residents as a whole.Fortunately, you have all showed up to the meeting with lots of knowledge you gained from last week’s class discussion. Now it is time to put your thinking cap on and get to work! Your plan should consist of the following elements:Energy conservation measures (e.g., promoting carpooling by adding special lanes to local highways) andSteps to move toward sustainable energy production (e.g., installing solar panels on town government buildings)Reducing energy consumption will help, but some actions will have to involve switching to other power sources for buildings and vehicles as well. This week’s discussion will take place in an online app called “Tricider.†There, you will be able to post your ideas for plan components, and also share pros and cons of different proposals during the week. Finally, you will be able to vote on what you think should be in the plan.For directions on how to use the Tricider app, please review the linked Help Guide.Please note: You are welcome to post questions and comments to this board for this instructor; however, this discussion board does not have any posting requirements of its own, and no additional credit will be given for posts made here.Below, the Instructor will post bothThe Ashfordton description you will be using for this activity andThe link you will be using to access Tricider for the activities below.
