Discuss the societal, environmental, and economic advantages of energy conservation.

Discussion should include

• Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
• acid rain
• greenhouse effect
• global warming
• recycling
• forms of energy.

Process/Skill Questions:

• What are some outcomes of efforts to conserve energy?
• What is the outcome when people change energy sources?
• What role does economics play in the efforts to conserve energy?