1. Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy in Costa Rica Fred Loxsom Physics 1303

2. Sustainable Development Rio Declaration on Environment and Development Principle 3 The right to development must be fulfilled so as to equitably meet developmental and environmental needs of present and future generations.

3. Sustainable Development Rio Declaration on Environment and Development Principle 9 States should cooperate to strengthen endogenous capacity-building for sustainable development by improving scientific understanding through exchanges of scientific and technological knowledge, and by enhancing the development, adaptation, diffusion and transfer of technologies, including new and innovative technologies.

4. The Economic Base

5. Costa Rica

6. Natural Beaches

7. Birdwatching

8. Lizard Watching

9. Volunteering

10. Observing Natural Phenomena

11. Being Observed as Unnatural Phenomena

12. Studying Geothermal

13. Studying Windpower

14. Economic Indicators

15. Electricity Generation

16. How should Costa Rica deal with the Demand Growth?

17. Electricity Generation Costs

18. Potential Generation Capacity

19. Hydrocarbons Imported. Expensive Negative environmental impacts

20. Geothermal Local resource Inexpensive Renewable? Some negative environmental impacts.

21. Compatible with Eco-tourism?

22. Hydroelectric Local resource Renewable Capital Intensive Some negative environmental impacts.

23. Wind Local resource Renewable Unknown expense Imported equipment Some negative environmental impacts.

24. Is Solar Energy An Option? Local Resource Renewable Imported equipment Cost?

25. We will deal with this issue in a subsequent class meeting.