1. The Paris Agreement was an international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It was signed in 2016. Is there a correlation between the Paris Agreement and the rise in renewable energy? Why or why not?

While the above graph may paint a hopeful picture for the future in terms of renewable energy, the following graph compares renewable energy to fossil fuels.

2. Was there anything surprising about these two graphs?

3. Extrapolate the graph and estimate the year in which wind energy production will be equal to coal energy production if current trends are to continue.

4. a) The Fukushima earthquake occurred in 2011, which resulted in the Fukushima nuclear disaster that is the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. What effects do you think the Fukushima nuclear reactor had on world nuclear energy use?

b) What do you think the long term effects of the current trend of world nuclear energy use would be?