Deck 8: Practice of Sustainability-Oriented Socio-Technical System Transitions

Question 1

The KAYA Identity is used to understand drivers of what type of emission?

A) Nitrogen dioxide
B) Methane
C) Sulfur dioxide
D) Carbon dioxide
E) Chlorofluorocarbons

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following is not one of the four steps of the strategic planning process?

A) Deciding where we want to be at some point in the future
B) Strategically plan for how we are going to where we want to be
C) Continue to re-assess progress against sustainability principles and adjust accordingly
D) Discovering where we are now
E) Create a new plan when little progress is evident

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Hybrid vehicles require the construction of additional supporting infrastructure which stresses the incumbent regime

Answer 3

False

Question 4

A new car brand with a significant competitive advantage due to its technological innovations over the competition enters the market, but does little to disrupt the existing regime. What type of strategy is this brand implementing?

A) Stretch-and-transform
B) Fit-and-conform
C) Enter-and-change
D) None of the above

Question 5

Which of the following are considered technical factors that influence consumer behavior?

A) Aesthetics
B) Cost
C) Performance
D) A and B
E) A and C

Question 6

A new technological change is made that improves solar battery storage capabilities, but does not fit the existing regime of the oil and gas industry. How are regime actors likely to react?

A) Accept the new technology and support future solar development
B) Push back against the new technology
C) Slow the technology from entering and succeeding in the market
D) File lawsuits until the solar industry is powerless to fight back and gives up
E) B and C

Question 7

Policies and regulations have what kind of effect on transitions in the transportation sector?

A) Accelerate; they generate additional sustainability benefits
B) Decelerate; they slow the ability for sustainable innovations to reach the marketplace
C) They are the only reason why transitions exist in the transportation sector
D) Have no affect on transitions

Question 8

As of April of 2017, which automaker overtook Ford for having the greatest market value?

A) GM
B) Nissan
C) Tesla
D) Toyota

Question 9

Automakers that had the strongest political influence strategies opposing or weakening innovation mandates were the _______innovative?

A) Most
B) Least

Question 10

Automakers need ______in order to innovate

A) Incentive
B) Opportunity
C) Neither
D) Both A and B

Question 11

What percentage of the total market are electric vehicles expected to make up by 2030?

A) 0.1
B) 0.15
C) 0.3
D) 0.45

Question 12

When viewing Figure 8.3 in the text, which country is the global leader in solar panel manufacturing (by annual PV installations)?

A) Japan
B) United States
C) China
D) Germany

Question 13

One of the main reasons why the solar industry in the United States has expanded in the past decade is because…

A) Of the implementation of a nationwide tax credit for solar investment
B) The general population finally realized solar was a great alternative energy source
C) Federal legislation demanded a quota of installed solar capacity be met by a specific date
D) International competition forced greater investment in solar innovation

Question 14

there is more installed solar capacity than installed wind capacity in the United States

Question 15

Transition towns are driven by climate change, which is the only landscape factor that puts pressure on the regime

Question 16

Which city in the United States is already powered by 100% renewable energy?

A) Portland, Oregon
B) Los Angeles, California
C) Seattle, Washington
D) Las Vegas, Nevada

Question 17

Policy mixes are used to do which of the following?

A) Create innovations in technology only
B) Place more emphasis on renewable energy as a first step to phase out non-renewable energy sources
C) Foster technological and infrastructure innovations and institutional innovations that help destabilize the regime to create openings for new technologies

Question 18

Adding too many policies could have a negative effect by creating overlap and confusion

Question 19

Policy mixes are composed of what four factors?

A) Targets, instruments, strategies, sub-targets
B) Objectives, instruments, strategies, sub-targets
C) Plans, targets, instruments, sub-targets
D) None of the above

Question 20

Which of the following are instrument types used in policy mixes?

A) Information
B) Economic
C) Regulation
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 21

A feed-in tariff is an example of a…

A) Regulatory policy
B) Technical resource
C) Financial incentive
D) Capital investment

Question 22

Analyze Figure 8.6. in the text Which state has the highest emissions per capita?

A) Texas
B) California
C) Wyoming
D) West Virginia

Question 23

Between 1990 and 2014, carbon dioxide emissions in the United States have ___?

A) Increased
B) Decreased
C) Remained level

Question 24

Between 1997 and 2014, carbon intensity and energy intensity in the United States have ___?

A) Increased (gotten worse)
B) Decreased (improved)
C) Remained level

Question 25

There are more US states that have reduced their carbon emissions than states that have not