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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percent of the energy of gasoline is carried by the best rechargeable batteries?
(a) 1.
(b) 34.
(c) 8.
(d) 27.

2. When did the U.S. pass a law mandating the use of 7.5 billion gallons of ethanol by 2012?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2006.

3. In Chapter 13, where was there a prototype nuclear waste facility?
(a) Nevada.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Utah.
(d) Arizona.

4. How many tons of gasoline mixed with air and detonated from a parachute, release the energy of over 100 tons of TNT?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

5. When did a pebble bed reactor have to be shut down in Germany?
(a) 1988.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1986.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, how many Stinger missiles had been produced?

2. In Chapter 7, when oil would rise to what price per barrel did countries take their coal reserves and convert them to oil?

3. At how many billion people did the United Nations estimate that the populations of the world would peak in Chapter 24?

4. When the book was written, was the the total world production of oil per year?

5. Exposure to what level of rem will incapacitate you within hours?

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