The "Clean Coal" Myth

What percentage of the electricity in the world is produced using coal? What percentage is produced using coal in Mexico? What can you do to improve this situation? Do you think China could have the same economic growth without the coal? Do you think Mexico should burn more coal to grow at the same pace as China?

Cradle 2 Cradle

What is the main goal of Cradle 2 Cradle Philosophy? What can you do as engineer with this tool? What impact does your career has on the design of new products? What is the importance of designing for disassembly? Is it more difficult? More expensive?

Global Warming and Hurricanes

After watching the video called "Huracanes" in the Google Drive Folder:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6Z6kykK40YSRGkta2lXNDI4aEU&usp=sharing

and this extract in english:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gkIpmlFMLw

Explain what is the connection between Global Warming and Hurricane's Intensity and what is the deadliest phenomena of a hurricane.

Nano-Pollution

Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEH6tDLKcVU and Read the Web Page: http://www.ehs.psu.edu/occhealth/nanomaterials.cfm
What are the higher Risks of working with nano-engineered-materials? What are the benefits? Are you afraid of working with nanomaterials? Or are you more interested in their properties and applications?