Evaluate the two YouTube films and come to your own conclusions about 100% renewable energy by 2050. You can work in teams of three or four if you choose. Do so from the point of view of an Engineer. Here is a fictional view of an engineer:

We lost contact with pathfinder in 1997, if he can get it online again, we can communicate. It might need the solar cells cleaned. Even if its got a bigger problem, hes an engineer. Fixing things is his job.

Dr. Venkat Kapoor in the Martian.

I want you to write a first paragraph about what you think it is to be an engineer and then deal with the two sources of information on YouTube and other sources in this course

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk11vI-7czE Planet of the Humans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDqZVjAiAvs Rebuttal to Planet of the Humans Interesting article

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/the-limits-of-renewable-energy-and-the-case-for- degrowth