<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022942013144866248</id><updated>2011-11-27T15:30:11.918-08:00</updated><category term='Secretary of State'/><category term='Environment'/><category term='Tv ad'/><category term='Foch'/><category term='US navy'/><category term='UC Berkeley'/><category term='carrier'/><category term='er200'/><category term='espm 167'/><category term='kodak'/><category term='sandisk'/><category term='Clémenceau'/><category term='studies'/><category term='Paris'/><category term='Condoleezza Rice'/><category term='France'/><category term='stanford'/><category term='Liquid Plumr'/><category term='er100'/><category term='Photo industry'/><category term='USS Oriskany'/><category term='benoit delaveau'/><title type='text'>Benoit's day</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Benoit et Stephane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03715979099426295726</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NVlUDgfKFzg/Toa9ApxoXAI/AAAAAAAADSo/3UM3cl3d7rE/s220/DSC01096.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022942013144866248.post-6512223958657485181</id><published>2009-08-06T11:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T11:10:40.174-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stanford'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Secretary of State'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Condoleezza Rice'/><title type='text'>Benoit's views on the 2009 Silicon Valley Energy Summit at Stanford</title><content type='html'>Yesterday, I had the privilege to attend the Silicon Valley Energy Summit organized by the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center of Stanford University. I though you might be interested in my perspective on this day.&lt;br /&gt;As you all know, I discovered the (vast) field of Energy and Resources at UC Berkeley when I was finishing my undergrad studies in Sociology. The three classes I took at ERG made me understand the intimate relationship between the environment and individual and societal behavior - which I feel very passionate about.&lt;br /&gt;Last year I transferred to San Jose State as a graduate student in the Environmental Studies program. There, I’m discovering how humans shape planet Earth, sometimes with great, sometimes with poor outputs.  I’m also learning how each human decision is a difficult choice when it comes to protecting the fragile equilibrium of our environment while improving our daily life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday, during a short day at Stanford, I discovered how the combined power of businesses and politics is going to help the environmental cause. As the climate change crisis is now a globally recognized issue, politicians and businesses are willing to embark on this new, “trendy” cause to expand their power and insure their future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me give you a few examples.&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday, we were told by former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice that the US oil dependence did not really shape the United State foreign policy, but that it made strategic sense that the US diversify to other, more sustainable sources of energy in the near future. Do you see the contradiction? Well, watch the video below…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUyFV5H2kts"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUyFV5H2kts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dan Reicher (Google.org) – backed by representatives of Chevron and Shell – explained that the energy of the future is likely to depend on our drilling technology (!) since geothermal power plants could be designed almost everywhere in the world as soon as we master drilling up to 10km deep in the ground. Good news, oil giants do have a future…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark R. Pinto (Applied Materials) and Richard M. Swanson (SunPower) explained how solar panel technology was going to improve in the near future (650W single frame panels are on the way) and create a new giant market to upgrade almost every house and building. Only a few words about the impact of creating such new large-scale industrial capabilities, but nothing about mining silicon and other raw materials to achieve their master plan…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Linda Jackman (Oracle) and Andrew Tang (PG&amp;amp;E) focused their talk on the opportunities linked to a next generation “smart” grid: it will give individual consumers the opportunity to monitor and control their electricity consumption in real time, improve supply/demand management while allowing to cut PG&amp;amp;E workforce on the field…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coming back on Caltrain with my bicycle, I thought that our world is really changing towards a better one, with more concerns to protect our environment: if the industry sees economic opportunities, change will happen fast. We just have to be the watchdogs of the upcoming changes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the coming weeks, I will collaborate with my city council members (Burlingame) to turn into actions the recently adopted Climate Change plan, and find a way to collect the data for my thesis (From Film to Digital, is the Local Photo Processing Industry more Sustainable). Also on my program, daily pre-tiny tot swim lesson with the twins (Laurice and Alexandre, 2 years and 8 months), long hours of painting (my house) and work on mastering the new photo technology called "Gigapan" to produce 200+ Mega pixels photographs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last thing: A great book for your summer "Cradle to Cradle" Remaking the Way We Make Things, by William Mc Donough and Michael Braungard. &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cradle-Remaking-Way-Make-Things/dp/0865475873/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1246425168&amp;amp;sr=8-1"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Cradle-Remaking-Way-Make-Things/dp/0865475873/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1246425168&amp;amp;sr=8-1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers, Benoit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch Condoleezza Rice speech on a video I posted on YouTube:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Part 1 (Energy and Its Role in International Policy):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUyFV5H2kts"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUyFV5H2kts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Part 2 (About Kyoto and Copenhagen):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvwLyI0YKRg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvwLyI0YKRg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4022942013144866248-6512223958657485181?l=benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/6512223958657485181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/6512223958657485181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com/2009/08/benoits-views-on-2009-silicon-valley.html' title='Benoit&apos;s views on the 2009 Silicon Valley Energy Summit at Stanford'/><author><name>Benoit et Stephane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03715979099426295726</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NVlUDgfKFzg/Toa9ApxoXAI/AAAAAAAADSo/3UM3cl3d7rE/s220/DSC01096.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022942013144866248.post-8177400547808017409</id><published>2009-08-06T10:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T10:50:34.790-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Test for Envs 166 electronic hand out</title><content type='html'>This is a test...&lt;br /&gt;here is the link to your new (and first) electronic hand out...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.benoitdelaveau.com/OP_3_2009001.pdf"&gt;www.benoitdelaveau.com/OP_3_2009001.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4022942013144866248-8177400547808017409?l=benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/8177400547808017409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/8177400547808017409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com/2009/08/test-for-envs-166-electronic-hand-out.html' title='Test for Envs 166 electronic hand out'/><author><name>Benoit et Stephane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03715979099426295726</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NVlUDgfKFzg/Toa9ApxoXAI/AAAAAAAADSo/3UM3cl3d7rE/s220/DSC01096.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022942013144866248.post-4966987888050367376</id><published>2008-02-26T14:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-26T15:50:10.692-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Victory, thanks to CFLs and LEDs - Victoire, vive les lampes fluo. et DEL</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/R8Se7gnYVVI/AAAAAAAAAsk/UOYDVQyllLY/s1600-h/Target-Electric-Meter.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/R8Se7gnYVVI/AAAAAAAAAsk/UOYDVQyllLY/s400/Target-Electric-Meter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171433017332749650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi again,&lt;br /&gt;I promised you a follow-up regarding my last personal bet, reducing our regular 26 kWh / day by 50% only by optimizing our lightening system. Here we are, after 3 months of intense work: 16.5 kWh / day for the last 30 days! What is the benefit of such dramatic electricity savings? Well, in tern of money, given the average price of electricity ($0,15 per kWh), we save about $ 1.50 a day of $ 45 per month, or $ 550 per year. It is significant.&lt;br /&gt;Given the fact that electricity production (especially from coal burning) is a major source of emissions of SO4 and NOx, molecules that are precursors for acid rain, and city smog, such improvement MUST be considered NOW everywhere in the world.&lt;br /&gt;What are the financial costs? It took me a good 6 weeks to replace about 100 classic bulbs mostly by LED ones, and to replace the 15 electric switches that were dimmable, so not compatible with the new bulbs. The total cost is about $ 1,400.00 since LEDs are still very expensive especially those with the best light rendition. Savings on electricity bill will cover this investment in less than 3 years. It's in fact a very good return for any investment!&lt;br /&gt;What are the human costs? Well, it is easy to notice that our house is not as well lighted as it was previously. We have to turn on more lights at night. But, when you replace a 75 watts conventional bulb with a 3 watts LED, you expect a difference... The fact is after intense negotiation with the whole family, the change is now integrated and accepted.&lt;br /&gt;Morality of this concrete example: If the media were doing the job they are suppose to do, informing citizens to help them to decide, we would be aware of the dramatic consequences of electric production pollution (asthma for young children is cities, acid rains that destroy the whole ecosystem in some area...). It is important to protect ourselves to cut down our electricity needs. Technologies are now widely available; we just have to do it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voila après 3 mois d’effort, notre consommation quotidienne d’électricité est passe de 26 kWh / jour a seulement 16,5 kWh / jour, soit une économie d’environ 10 kWh par jour d’électricité non consommée.&lt;br /&gt;J’ai réussi ce tour de force en remplaçant la totalité des lampes de notre maison – meme l’éclairage du jardin – par les ampoules de hautes technologies LED, et de ampoules de type fluorescentes quand il fallait conserver plus de puissance. Bien entendu, en remplacant une lampe classique de 75 watts, par une LED qui consomme 3 watt, meme si le rendement lumineux de ces ampoules miracles est incroyable, on perd de la luminosité. Il a donc fallu négocier avec les différents membres de la famille et tester la limite d’acceptabilité dans chaque piéce de la maison. C’est en fait le processus qui a pris le plus de temps. Vous voyez maintenant en quoi la sociologie est intimement lie a la technologie dans mon esprit, et pourquoi j’étudie les deux a l’université de Berkeley, Californie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quel est le bilan financier? En ne consommant pas 10 kWh/jour on économise environ 500 dollars par an au prix actuel. Les lampes et les interrupteurs changes ont coute environ 1400 dollars. L’investissement sera donc couvert en moins de 3 ans. Pas mal...&lt;br /&gt;Quel est le bilan humain? C’est possible de réduire partout notre consommation électrique et d’éviter la construction de centrale électrique qui sont toujours une nuisance environnementale. Les Français pensent que l’électricité nucléaire est propre. C’est vrai si on prend en compte les polluants classiques que génèrent les centrales thermiques au gaz ou au charbon. Mais l’énergie nucléaire produit un réchauffement significatif des rivières, et surtout produit des tonnes de résidus radioactifs dont personne ne sait quoi faire a part des bombes nucléaires si puissantes qu’elle rayerai de la carte un pays entier. Une centrale nucléaire classique produit assez de déchet pour armer un pays entier en quelques mois seulement... A l’heure du terrorisme international on  peut penser que ces déchets et cette technologie intéresse diablement certaines personnes... d’ou le problème de la sécurisation des déchets nucléaires qui ne fait que commencer.&lt;br /&gt;Bref, on a le choix aujourd’hui entre produire plus d’électricité et engendrer plus de nuisances, ou consommer moins. Et si les medias faisaient leur boulot, en informant objectivement sur les conséquences de la fuite en avant de la production électrique, les gens feraient le choix de la chasse au gaspi, meme en 2008 !&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4022942013144866248-4966987888050367376?l=benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/4966987888050367376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/4966987888050367376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com/2008/02/victory-thanks-to-cfls-and-leds.html' title='Victory, thanks to CFLs and LEDs - Victoire, vive les lampes fluo. et DEL'/><author><name>Benoit et Stephane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03715979099426295726</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NVlUDgfKFzg/Toa9ApxoXAI/AAAAAAAADSo/3UM3cl3d7rE/s220/DSC01096.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/R8Se7gnYVVI/AAAAAAAAAsk/UOYDVQyllLY/s72-c/Target-Electric-Meter.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022942013144866248.post-5806070242184550715</id><published>2007-11-15T13:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-15T13:18:06.132-08:00</updated><title type='text'>High Tech in Households Lighting - Ampoules électriques high-tech.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/Rzy3Z21sUiI/AAAAAAAAAg0/WU1Dq2X4nog/s1600-h/bc40_2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/Rzy3Z21sUiI/AAAAAAAAAg0/WU1Dq2X4nog/s400/bc40_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133179330140852770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since I studied lighting equipments back in the 80s at the Photography College, everything has changed:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conventional bulbs &lt;/span&gt;(still the reference).&lt;br /&gt;Pros: Cheap ($1-2), reliable, and people are comfortable with the light it produces. Fully dimmable.&lt;br /&gt;Cons: High electric consumption (75W). Short lifetime (1-2 years)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Halogen bulbs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pros: Powerful light stream. Energy efficient (50W). Fully dimmable.&lt;br /&gt;Cons: multiple unit (light stream very focused). Short lifetime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;CFLs&lt;/span&gt; (fluorescent bulbs)&lt;br /&gt;Pros: Cheap (now about $5), lifetime (5-10 years), energy efficient (10W)&lt;br /&gt;Cons: Strange shapes, small delay when power on, quality of the light for the first generations. Not dimmable. Has to be recycled (mercury).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;LEDs &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pros: Latest technology (still not mature), Highly efficient (1-5W), very long lifetime (10 years +)&lt;br /&gt;Cons: No powerful bulbs, quality (color temperature) of light still problematic, not fully dimmable. No commercial distribution.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My goal is to reduce by January our energy bill by 50%, switching some of the bulbs to CFLs or LEDs where appropriate. It is possible in almost every households so why people don’t do it? The fact that choosing a bulb is now a complicated consumer act is slowing down the process… unfortunately. Do you see the (missing) link between communication, sociology and energy conservation?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;[Français]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depuis que j’ai étudié a l’école de photographie les équipements d’éclairages, il y a 20 ans, tout a changé. Voici un rapide état de la situation pour mieux choisir vos futures ampoules électriques.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ampoules incandescentes&lt;/span&gt; classiques :&lt;br /&gt;Pour : très économiques, fiables, les gens sont habitués a leur lumière&lt;br /&gt;Contre : Gourmandes en énergie (75W), durée de vie moyenne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ampoules halogènes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour : très puissantes, relativement efficace en énergie (50W), compatible avec les variateurs de puissance.&lt;br /&gt;Contre : Souvent installées en batterie leur flux étant très directif. Durée de vie courte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ampoules fluorescentes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour : maintenant relativement peu coûteuses, longue durée de vie (5-10 ans), faible consommation (10W)&lt;br /&gt;Contre : formes parfois bizarres, délai a l’allumage, qualité de lumière discutable sur les premières générations, non compatibles avec les variateurs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ampoules LED&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour : La dernière technologie (pas encore mature), très faible consommation (1-5W), très longue durée de vie (10 ans +), ne chauffe pratiquement pas.&lt;br /&gt;Contre : Pas d’ampoule puissante, problème de qualité de lumière (température de couleur), partiellement compatible avec les variateurs, pas de distribution grand public pour l’instant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mon but est de réduire de 50% notre facture d’électricité avant le mois de Janvier en installant des ampoules fluorescentes et des LED là où cela est possible dans notre maison. C’est possible, alors pourquoi les gens ne le font pas. Et bien simplement parce que l’achat d’une ampoule est devenu quelque chose de compliqué de nos jours, et les habitudes sont…tenaces. Vous voyez maintenant le rapport entre la communication, la sociologie et les économies d’énergies ?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4022942013144866248-5806070242184550715?l=benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/5806070242184550715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/5806070242184550715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com/2007/11/high-tech-in-households-lighting.html' title='High Tech in Households Lighting - Ampoules électriques high-tech.'/><author><name>Benoit et Stephane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03715979099426295726</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NVlUDgfKFzg/Toa9ApxoXAI/AAAAAAAADSo/3UM3cl3d7rE/s220/DSC01096.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/Rzy3Z21sUiI/AAAAAAAAAg0/WU1Dq2X4nog/s72-c/bc40_2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022942013144866248.post-1506129394028120058</id><published>2007-11-15T10:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-29T08:44:06.190-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Is Oil a Social Addiction? Le pétrole est-il une drogue a l’échelle de la société ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RzyNPG1sUfI/AAAAAAAAAgg/6XXFFnZmQqA/s1600-h/goldeneagleheader.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RzyNPG1sUfI/AAAAAAAAAgg/6XXFFnZmQqA/s400/goldeneagleheader.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133132965968892402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drug: a substance taken for its narcotic or stimulant effects&lt;br /&gt;Addiction: dedication to, obsession with, infatuation with, passion for, love of, mania for, enslavement to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My last assignment for the class ERG 100, reveals another great reason to cut drastically on our oil consumption. Oil combustion produces harmful emissions through our tailpipes, we all know that. Oil consumption has a huge geopolitical impact (ie: war in middle east), well, we all assume that.&lt;br /&gt;On top of these reasons, gasoline production is the most harmful industry left in our modern economies since all heavy/dirty industries have been externalized in China or other developing countries. In California (Contra Costra County), the top 3 most harmful industrial sites for the environment are… 3 refineries (#1Tesoro, #2Chevron and #3Shell…).  See http://www.epa.gov/tri/ .Typical pollutants from refineries are Ammonia, Sulfuric Acid, Mercury, lead, nickel and Benzene (a molecule that is associated with cancer risks). My guess is the situation is very similar around the world.&lt;br /&gt;So… when are you going to switch to a hybrid car, or buy a smaller vehicle? The solution is also to use it less often, if possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drogue: substance prise pour son effet narcotique ou stimulant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mon dernier exercice pour la classe d’environnement que je prend en ce moment était de recenser les industries les plus polluantes de la région de San Francisco. Le résultat nous donne une motivation de plus pour radicalement changer notre dépendance à l’essence.&lt;br /&gt;On savait déjà que les émissions des voitures sont polluantes et posent des problèmes de santé publique dans nos villes. On savait aussi que notre dépendance au pétrole a des conséquences géopolitique importante comme les interventions armées au Moyen-Orient.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En plus de cela, il faut savoir que l’industrie la plus polluante aujourd’hui en Californie… Ce sont les raffineries d’essence. Les trois premières place de ce classement peu glorieux sont occupés par Tesoro, Chevron et Shell, qui ont des sites qui rejettent – en toute légalité - des milliers de tonnes d’ammoniaque, d’acide sulfurique, de mercure, de plomb, de nickel et benzène (une molécule qui est aujourd’hui clairement associée à des risques de cancer).  J’imagine que si les raffineries polluent ici, elles polluent aussi en France et ailleurs !&lt;br /&gt;Alors, vous changez quand votre voiture pour une hybride ou une plus petite? La solution c’est aussi de moins l’utiliser… si possible.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4022942013144866248-1506129394028120058?l=benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/1506129394028120058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/1506129394028120058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com/2007/11/is-oil-social-addition-le-ptrole-est-il.html' title='Is Oil a Social Addiction? Le pétrole est-il une drogue a l’échelle de la société ?'/><author><name>Benoit et Stephane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03715979099426295726</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NVlUDgfKFzg/Toa9ApxoXAI/AAAAAAAADSo/3UM3cl3d7rE/s220/DSC01096.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RzyNPG1sUfI/AAAAAAAAAgg/6XXFFnZmQqA/s72-c/goldeneagleheader.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022942013144866248.post-1132735387946018380</id><published>2007-09-10T11:44:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-10T11:45:11.289-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Last week word: Development – Le mot de la semaine: Développement</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RuWQrdCr__I/AAAAAAAAAcw/7eIB-zDfVW0/s1600-h/WorldPopulation1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RuWQrdCr__I/AAAAAAAAAcw/7eIB-zDfVW0/s400/WorldPopulation1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108648428526370802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another way to look at the incredible intellectual diversity at UC Berkeley is to understand how intellectuals and scholars from different field define the same word differently. Last week, in my 4 classes, we defined the word “development”.&lt;br /&gt;In Sociology, we are currently reading Karl Marx, and his early writing on what make Humans a society (in opposite of a group of animals). For Marx, the true nature of Human – what makes Him unique and different than animal – is his ability to create, to innovate, to change his environment in order to fulfill his needs. Pursuing this goal, Humans are constantly evolving in their capability to work with more efficiency and to collaborate among themselves. In short, what defines human society is development.&lt;br /&gt;In MassCom, we study the development of radio from its invention to these days. Radio is now one of the major media and its development has followed other big media. From a relatively affordable and open way to communicate, it is now a sector highly industrialized and concentrated, where big media corporation dominate. They sell their audience (us) to advertisers that want to reach our ears to sell us products that we often don’t need. Interesting example of Human development isn’t?&lt;br /&gt;In my ERG100 class (Environment and Energy), Development is approached in economic terms. The question of the week – a very important one actually – was, “Are a given society energy needs directly proportional to its GNP per Capita?” Well, early models developed in the 40s and 50s demonstrate that, yes if we want to increase economic development we have to produce a proportional amount of energy, with all the meaning in term of green gas emissions. If these models are right, the coming industrial development of huge countries like China and India, would certainly accelerate so much Global Warming that in less that 25 years we could damage the whole planet climate system. Good news. Recently, scientists survey the ‘old Europe” countries as well as California, and it turns-out they demonstrate huge increases in energy efficiency production during the last 20 years. The optimistic view is that the developing world is going to explore directly the new and efficient ways of producing its energy while developing its economy. A nice example would be for African countries to switch from wood burning oven to solar electric ones, without having to use oil or gas. It’s all about development… I told you.&lt;br /&gt;Last way to see about development, is simply to have a look to the graph I choose to illustrate these lines. This is the human population growth over the course of the planet history. See how the last centuries the human population exploded! Well, this is the main concern of my last class, Environmental Science, Policy and Management 167. Given the fact that human activity is the most dangerous cause of damage to our environment how are we going to manage such increase in the world population? 30% of the most popular infectious diseases come from our own urine and fecal rejections! We study last week how millions of people from African and Middle East were literally dying from well-known diseases just because they don’t have access to the technology of water treatment. In fact Marx was right, Human development (and human pop. Increase) is not possible without the tremendous capacity of Humans to transform and modify their environment. In other words, we need to expand the technological solutions the West found, globally in order to produce clean energy and safe water to everyone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le mot de la semaine: Développement&lt;br /&gt;Une autre façon de définir l’incroyable diversité de pensée qui règne sur un campus d’université comme UC Berkeley est de vous montrer comment des intellectuels spécialisés dans des disciplines différentes utilise le même mot différemment. Voici comment nous avons utilisé le mot « développement» dans mes 4 classes la semaine dernière.&lt;br /&gt;En sociologie, nous sommes en tain de lire les premiers écrits de Karl Marx et ses réflexions sur ce qui fait la société humaine, la seule et unique société de ce monde. Pour Marx, la vraie nature humaine, ce qui fait que nous sommes tellement différent des animaux, c’est la capacité de l’homme à créer, a innover, a changer son environnement dans le but de satisfaire ses propres besoins. Dans ce processus, les hommes sont constamment en train d’améliorer la productivité de leur travail, et collabore de mieux en mieux ensemble (rien à voir entre une société tribale et le monde global actuel). En fait pour Marx, le fondement de la société humaine, c’est le son développement constant.&lt;br /&gt;En communication, nous avons étudié le développement de la Radio depuis son invention jusqu’à nos jours. La radio est aujourd’hui un media de tout premier plan, et son développement a suivi le schéma connu par tous les autres grands médias. C’était une technique utilisé par des amateurs pour échanger des informations locales, c’est devenu un secteur très industriel, dominé par quelques grands acteurs qui vendent leur audience (nous) a des annonceurs qui veulent nous vendre des trucs dont on a pas besoin. C’est un exemple intéressant de développement, n’est-ce pas ?&lt;br /&gt;Mais revenons à l’écologie. Dans ma classe consacrée à l’énergie, le mot développement est surtout défini en terme économique. La question de la semaine – très importante pour le futur – était la suivante : « Est-ce qu’une société donnée a des besoins en énergie directement proportionnels a son niveau de développement économique par habitant ? »  Eh bien, les premiers modèles de prévisions des années 40 et 50, prévoyaient que oui, si une société progresse en niveau économique, elle aura des besoins plus important et directement proportionnel en énergie.Le problème de cette équation est qu’une vaste majorité de la population mondiale reste à développer économiquement et que si de vastes pays comme la Chine et l’Inde décollent, le coût en termes d’émission de gaz à effet de serre aura des conséquences catastrophiques a très cours terme (25 ans). La bonne nouvelle c’est que des études récentes ont prouvé que ces modèles étaient erronés. Les pays comme l’Allemagne, la France et l’Angleterre, (la Californie aussi) ont pu considérablement développer leur économie depuis 30 ans sans augmenter au rythme prévu leurs besoins d’énergie. Une vue optimiste du futur est de penser que les solutions adoptées dans ces pays seront adoptées par le monde en développement. Par exemple, les tribus Africaine qui aujourd’hui cuisinent au feu de bois pourraient directement passer au four alimenté par énergie solaire, en évitant le passage à des énergies polluantes comme le gaz ou le pétrole.&lt;br /&gt;La dernière façon de penser en termes de développement est simplement de regarder le graphique que j’ai choisi pour illustrer ces lignes. C’est la croissante de la population humaine. Vous pouvez voir la récente explosion ! C’est en fait le principal sujet de la 2eme classe d’environnement que je prends. Sachant que l’activité humaine est la première source de pollution de l’environnement, cette montée en puissance subite de l’espèce humaine sur terre pose d’incontournables difficultés. 30% des maladies infectieuses les plus courantes  proviennent tout simplement de nos propres rejets (urines et fécal).  Nous avons étudié la semaine dernière comment des millions de personnes littéralement meurent dans le monde de maladies parfaitement connues simplement parce que l’eau utilisé n’est pas correctement traitée. En fait Marx avait bien raison.Pour gérer le développement de la population, l’homme doit transformer son environnement et le faire bien, pour tous.Les solutions technologiques inventées par l’Ouest doivent être disponible pour le monde entier, sinon c’est notre planète entière qui en souffrira.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4022942013144866248-1132735387946018380?l=benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/1132735387946018380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/1132735387946018380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com/2007/09/last-week-word-development-le-mot-de-la.html' title='Last week word: Development – Le mot de la semaine: Développement'/><author><name>Benoit et Stephane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03715979099426295726</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NVlUDgfKFzg/Toa9ApxoXAI/AAAAAAAADSo/3UM3cl3d7rE/s220/DSC01096.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RuWQrdCr__I/AAAAAAAAAcw/7eIB-zDfVW0/s72-c/WorldPopulation1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022942013144866248.post-4733612379436974595</id><published>2007-09-10T10:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-10T10:26:41.677-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I’m a “GG” – Mon nouveau surnom “GG”</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RuV-ONCr_-I/AAAAAAAAAco/LwltNtwZkro/s1600-h/rec_erth.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RuV-ONCr_-I/AAAAAAAAAco/LwltNtwZkro/s320/rec_erth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108628134805897186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow, I’m going to start the third week of the semester at UC Berkeley. As you know I have take very different classes there, from EP (Physical Education), American History, to Sociology and even Math (Statistics), but this semester is very special since I’m taking 4 classes from 4 different departments (Sociology, Mass Communication, Heath and Environment, and Energy and Development). What makes Berkeley such a fantastic learning environment is this environment where student fron almost every field you ca imagine share their experience on a day-to-day basis. Here is an example:&lt;br /&gt;I was very surprised when, taking with my sociology classmate Samar, she said, “Wouah, Then you’re a real GG!!! That’s so WON-DER-FUL, I like that…”&lt;br /&gt;Samar is a pretty and very active girl that is in her Freshman year. She should be in her 20s. I was little embarrassed to ask her what was a “GG”. She pause and explained “GG” stands for “Going Green”. The people with the GG attribute are so dedicated to the Green cause that they are able to turn their back to promising career in Business, Medicine, or Laws just because of their conviction… I smiled, Samar made my day…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Demain, je vais commencer ma troisième semaine a UC Berkeley. Comme vous le savez, j’y ai déjà pris des cours très variés, allants du cour de sport, d’histoire, de math et, bien entendu, de sociologie et communication. Ce semestre est un peu spécial puisque je prends 4 cours de 4 départements différents. Ce qui est fantastique à Berkeley, et sans soute dans la plupart des grandes facs. Américaine, c’est cette flexibilité qui permet a n’importe quel étudiant de s’inscrire dans des cours en dehors de sa spécialité. C’est non seulement fantastique en termes de développement personnel, mais cela permet aussi aux étudiants de découvrir des points de vue fondamentalement différents.  Je vais vous donner un exemple.&lt;br /&gt;J’ai été très surpris la semaine dernière d’une discussion avec une amie de Sociologie, Samar. Au milieu d’une conversation ou je lui expliquais mon projet de faire un Master en Environnement Samar s’exclame : « &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Wouah, mais alors tu es un vrai ‘GG’ !!! C’est vraiment in-cro-ya-ble, j’adoooOOooooore…&lt;/span&gt; »&lt;br /&gt;Samar est une charmante étudiante de première année qui doit avoir environ 20 ans. J’étais donc un peu embarrassé de lui demander ce qu’était un « GG ». Après un moment de silence, elle me répond finalement que les 2 lettres GG sont les initiales de Going Green (être vert). Les gens qui sont étiquetés GG par son entourage sont des personnes tellement motivées par la sauvegarde de l’environnement qu’ils (elles) sont capables de refuser une brillante carrière en médecine, dans la justice ou les affaires. Je lui ai souri. Samar a embelli ma matinée…&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4022942013144866248-4733612379436974595?l=benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/4733612379436974595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/4733612379436974595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com/2007/09/im-gg-mon-nouveau-surnom-gg.html' title='I’m a “GG” – Mon nouveau surnom “GG”'/><author><name>Benoit et Stephane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03715979099426295726</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NVlUDgfKFzg/Toa9ApxoXAI/AAAAAAAADSo/3UM3cl3d7rE/s220/DSC01096.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RuV-ONCr_-I/AAAAAAAAAco/LwltNtwZkro/s72-c/rec_erth.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022942013144866248.post-2216897656422706965</id><published>2007-08-29T14:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-29T19:15:43.572-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Back to School 2007… Rentrée 2007…</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXmKNCr_9I/AAAAAAAAAcg/MwgqOQU5-cY/s1600-h/DSC_3653.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXmKNCr_9I/AAAAAAAAAcg/MwgqOQU5-cY/s320/DSC_3653.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104238815668338642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know… I’m starting my fifth year of my U.S studies. It’s been a long time. But look, now I can even write a few sentences almost in a snap… Great progress, Benoit! Anyway, I just started yesterday my third year at UC Berkeley and I thought that I should share my first day of class with my friends:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je sais… Voilà déjà 5 longues années que je vous fais le coût de la rentrée scolaire. Mais bon, lisez… Maintenant j’écris presque aussi bien en Anglais qu’en Français, je ferai presque moins de fautes (enfin je vous laisse juge…). Hier c’était mon premier jour de cours à Berkeley, et j’ai pensé que c’était une bonne occasion de vous faire partager mon programme du prochain semestre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photo: 145 Dwinelle, UC Berkeley, My father on stage...&lt;br /&gt;Photo: Amphithéatre du batiment de Dwinelle, la classe de sociologie, mon papa est à la place du prof.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4022942013144866248-2216897656422706965?l=benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/2216897656422706965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/2216897656422706965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com/2007/08/back-to-school-2007-rentre-2007.html' title='Back to School 2007… Rentrée 2007…'/><author><name>Benoit et Stephane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03715979099426295726</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NVlUDgfKFzg/Toa9ApxoXAI/AAAAAAAADSo/3UM3cl3d7rE/s220/DSC01096.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXmKNCr_9I/AAAAAAAAAcg/MwgqOQU5-cY/s72-c/DSC_3653.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022942013144866248.post-7950528881039056366</id><published>2007-08-29T14:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-29T18:24:22.592-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Last Comm Class?  - Ma derniere classe de communication ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXlm9Cr_8I/AAAAAAAAAcY/YYadO_SnCtM/s1600-h/5f_7.JPG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXlm9Cr_8I/AAAAAAAAAcY/YYadO_SnCtM/s320/5f_7.JPG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104238210077949890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This semester my goal is to finish my Mass Communication BA by taking the last theory class I have to pass, MassCom 102, The Effect of Mass Com. Yesterday, Prof. Retzinger started her lecture showing 2 clips about the American Dream. The first one is a TV ad for Bank of America, telling how this institution is supporting families and individuals to achieve their dreams. The second clip is an excerpt of the US Attorney general (Gonzalez) final discourse, who just resigned a few days ago. He greatly thanks America for alleviate him from a poor Mexican immigrant family to a powerful politician figure. How is the American Dream defined then in our mind? Is it trough commercials, or news?  Is it a mix of the two? What happens when the messages are not identical? Who has really the power to change our mind?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce semestre, mon objectif principal est de terminer ma Licence de Communication. Il me reste un dernier cours de théorie, Mass Com 102 avec professeur Retzinger. J’ai déjà pris plusieurs cours avec elle et c’est vraiment un régal… 102 est un cours qui doit nous faire réfléchir sur les effets et le pouvoir potentiels des medias. Elle a commencé son cours en projetant deux vidéos. La première est une pub pour Bank of America, montrant comment cette banque aide ses clients à construire leurs projets individuels en leur prêtant de l’argent. Le second clip est un extrait du discours du ministre de la justice Américaine, A. Gonzales, qui a présenté sa démission hier en remerciant le pays de l’avoir élever du rang de fils d’immigré Mexicain, a celui d’homme politique influent. Lui aussi à tenter de définir le rêve américain, au passage en éludant les causes de sa démission attendue par l’opposition Démocrate.Qui a le pouvoir de vraiment influencer notre définition du rêve américain? Un homme public ou une pub pour une banque?Les deux peut-être, mais que se passe-t’il dans notre tête quand le discours est différent?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4022942013144866248-7950528881039056366?l=benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/7950528881039056366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/7950528881039056366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com/2007/08/last-comm-class-ma-derniere-classe-de.html' title='Last Comm Class?  - Ma derniere classe de communication ?'/><author><name>Benoit et Stephane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03715979099426295726</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NVlUDgfKFzg/Toa9ApxoXAI/AAAAAAAADSo/3UM3cl3d7rE/s220/DSC01096.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXlm9Cr_8I/AAAAAAAAAcY/YYadO_SnCtM/s72-c/5f_7.JPG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022942013144866248.post-4266862241541738743</id><published>2007-08-29T14:26:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-29T14:28:29.951-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Last Sociology class?  - Ma derniére classe de Sociologie?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXks9Cr_7I/AAAAAAAAAcQ/YcC9-0dQe5k/s1600-h/2d_7.JPG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXks9Cr_7I/AAAAAAAAAcQ/YcC9-0dQe5k/s320/2d_7.JPG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104237213645537202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second class I’m taking this semester in Sociology 101, by Prof. Riley.  Soc 101 is a yearlong class I have to take to finish my BA in Sociology. As expected, Riley stated by defining the word Society.  Societies are organized groups of people. Moreover, modern societies as ours, integrated individuals are pursuing personal well-being and personal interest, but who are totally interdependent. To build our individuality, we rely on others. A great example is to express ourselves with the outfit we like, we need first to win money with our work, and then found the products that fit our tastes produced by someone else. To summarize, our modern society shapes our individuality. We do, we wear, we think differently because of the world of exchange, trading, divisions of labor humans have create. The counter example? Think about wolf or any wild animals. They look, act, do almost exactly the same, day after day. It’s not a society as the great thinkers (Smith, Durkeim, Weber, Marx…) defined it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le deuxième classe que je prends est une classe de théorie de sociologie avec Prof. Riley. C’est un cours d’un an, et c’est le seul qui me manque pour finir ma Licence de Sociologie. Prof. Riley a, bien entendu, commencé son cours en définissant le terme société. Qu’est ce qu’une société? Pour faire court, disons qu’une société est un groupe de personne qui ont des liens organisés. Le mot-clef de cette définition est: organisés. Dans nos sociétés modernes, on peut constater facilement que chaque individu poursuit des objectifs individuels avec comme seul but une vie meilleure. Mais pour faire, cela, chacun est dépendant des autres.Pour construire notre individualité, nous dépendant des autres. Prenons l’exemple des habits que nous avons choisi de porter. Pour les acheter il nous a fallu travailler et gagner de l’argent (donc faire quelque chose demandé par quelqu’un d’autre) et puis les habits de notre choix ont été fabriqués et conçus par d’autres. C’est le paradoxe de nos sociétés de consommation modernes, pour exister et construire une identité toujours plus diverse, nous sommes de plus en plus dépendant des autres. Nous faisons, nous pensons différemment parce que nous sommes dans un monde d’échange et de division du travail. Le contre-exemple serait un groupe de loups sauvages. Ils ont une vie pratiquement semblable les uns et les autres, ce n’est pas un exemple de société tells que les penseurs (Smith, Durkheim, Weber, Marx…)de la sociologie moderne l’ont imaginé.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4022942013144866248-4266862241541738743?l=benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/4266862241541738743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/4266862241541738743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com/2007/08/last-sociology-class-ma-dernire-classe.html' title='Last Sociology class?  - Ma derniére classe de Sociologie?'/><author><name>Benoit et Stephane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03715979099426295726</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NVlUDgfKFzg/Toa9ApxoXAI/AAAAAAAADSo/3UM3cl3d7rE/s220/DSC01096.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXks9Cr_7I/AAAAAAAAAcQ/YcC9-0dQe5k/s72-c/2d_7.JPG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022942013144866248.post-8884597715199645749</id><published>2007-08-29T14:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-29T18:33:54.791-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='er100'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='espm 167'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='studies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='er200'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UC Berkeley'/><title type='text'>My new focus: Environmental studies - Mes nouveaux cours sur l'environnement</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXj_9Cr_6I/AAAAAAAAAcI/YqrgfSJx6TE/s1600-h/C26P004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXj_9Cr_6I/AAAAAAAAAcI/YqrgfSJx6TE/s320/C26P004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104236440551423906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On top of these 2 theory classes, as you may know I have decided to dedicate my work to the environment and to pursue a Master degree in Environmental studies, right after I would be done with my Ba(s). To get a sense of what it is, and also get to know how this field is taught, I’m enrolled this semester in 2 very exiting classes.&lt;br /&gt;The first one is called Environmental Science, Policy and Management 167 (ESPM167). It is a class that focuses on the damages and the cost in human health produced by development and human activities. Examples are air pollution, climate change, and pesticide use… When a city, a society, even a family grew-up, the consequences are always negative on others, and nature. This class is based on a human science approach; sociology is the main way to investigate the field.&lt;br /&gt;The second class illustrates the other way to approach the complex field of environment. It is going to teach me how to evaluate whet are the best options to chose from, in my daily life, but also at the societal and political level. Energy and Resources 100 is a class designed for Graduate student that presents the methods used to quantify the efficiency of some of the main solution to produce energy. How to calculate it’s real cost, its carbon footprint, its impact on environment. This class is a scientific class, based on math, physics, and… calculations.&lt;br /&gt;I will update you on a regular basis… See you soon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En plus de ces 2 cours de théorie, comme vous le savez peut-être, j’ai décidé de me consacrer dorénavant à l’environnement avec pour but premier d’obtenir un Master en étude environmentale. Pour voir un peu comment cette discipline est enseignée, je le suis inscrit à deux classes ce semestre.&lt;br /&gt;La première s’appelle Sciences environnementales, politique et gestion. C’est un programme qui se concentre sur comment le développement influence la santé des populations. Nous allons étudier des exemples comme la pollution atmosphérique de certaines villes, le réchauffement de la planète… Quand une ville, une société dans son ensemble, et même une famille se développent le coût environnemental est toujours important. Comment marier développement et protection de l’environnement, c’est la question de ce cours de science humaine.&lt;br /&gt;La seconde classe illustre une approche totalement différente de l’étude de l’environnement. L’idée ici est d’apprendre à évaluer l’efficacité des sources de production d’énergie, techniquement, et savoir faire des choix documentés pour être capable d’influencer les décideurs (investisseurs, politiques, chercheurs…). Calcul de coût, empreinte carbone, conséquences écologiques et coût de retraitement à long termes… Il va falloir sortir la calculette !&lt;br /&gt;Je vous tiendrai au courant de mes trouvailles régulièrement avec ce blog.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4022942013144866248-8884597715199645749?l=benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/8884597715199645749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/8884597715199645749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com/2007/08/my-new-focus-environmental-studies-mes.html' title='My new focus: Environmental studies - Mes nouveaux cours sur l&apos;environnement'/><author><name>Benoit et Stephane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03715979099426295726</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NVlUDgfKFzg/Toa9ApxoXAI/AAAAAAAADSo/3UM3cl3d7rE/s220/DSC01096.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXj_9Cr_6I/AAAAAAAAAcI/YqrgfSJx6TE/s72-c/C26P004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022942013144866248.post-5084318481796884184</id><published>2007-08-29T12:31:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-29T12:42:21.530-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clémenceau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US navy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Foch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USS Oriskany'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='carrier'/><title type='text'>Marine Française vs U.S. Navy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXJoNCr_5I/AAAAAAAAAcA/pOIbGWiql5o/s1600-h/navy-ship-inside-large.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXJoNCr_5I/AAAAAAAAAcA/pOIbGWiql5o/s320/navy-ship-inside-large.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104207445227208594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday, May 23, 2006&lt;br /&gt;A few years ago, France’s navy operated two sister plane-carriers ships, the “Foch” and the “Clemenceau”. The first one has been sold to Brazil, while the second one was supposed to be dismantled in Spain back to 1997. We are in 2006, and the boat is still alive, waiting for its faith in Toulon, France. In the mean time, the U.S Navy handles a similar situation the fast way. On May 17 2006, the "USS Oriskany" has been sunk on the Mexico gulf. Ne need for dismantle here, mother nature would take care of the giant. EPA officials who approved the move declare "its toxins will slowly leach out over the estimated 100 years it will take the carrier to rust away and should pose no danger to marine life"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici quelques années la France avait 2 portes avions, le "Foch" et le"Clemenceau". Le premier a été vendu au Bresil, et le second devait etre démantelé en Espagne dés 1997. L'opposition des activistes écologistes du monde entier a poussé la France a rapatrier la poubelle géante a... Toulon en 2006. Dans le meme temps, US Navy n'a pas hésité a tout simplement coulé un de ses anciens porte-avion dans le golfe de Mexico. C'est pratique, un peu de dynamite, et hop c'est fini...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4022942013144866248-5084318481796884184?l=benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/5084318481796884184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/5084318481796884184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com/2007/08/marine-franaise-vs-us-navy.html' title='Marine Française vs U.S. Navy'/><author><name>Benoit et Stephane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03715979099426295726</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NVlUDgfKFzg/Toa9ApxoXAI/AAAAAAAADSo/3UM3cl3d7rE/s220/DSC01096.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXJoNCr_5I/AAAAAAAAAcA/pOIbGWiql5o/s72-c/navy-ship-inside-large.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022942013144866248.post-2154536284759179022</id><published>2007-08-29T12:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-29T12:27:39.684-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tv ad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='France'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liquid Plumr'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paris'/><title type='text'>Controversial Liquid PlumR TV ad - Une pub. Américaine choquante !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXIY9Cr_4I/AAAAAAAAAb4/yasxqPdfJeE/s1600-h/DSC_3123.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXIY9Cr_4I/AAAAAAAAAb4/yasxqPdfJeE/s320/DSC_3123.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104206083722575746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 10, 2006&lt;br /&gt;It’s unusual to hear French watching CBS News! The new PlumR TV ad features a French couple speaking about love in a fancy restaurant apparently in Paris. Then, something felt on the table (see photo). The clog comes ffrom an American sink located far far away... It was projected to France thanks to Liquid PlumR PowerJet! Interviewed about the humor of this TV ad, David Kallis from Clorox Co. declares "We felt Europe represented "far away" and we chose a charming couple in Paris, France the quintessential European city to represent Europe". Well thanks!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le nouvelle pub TV pour le déboucheur d'évier Liquid PlumR de Clorox commence par une conversation en Français en un jeune couple atablé dans un restaurant. Tout d'un coup quelque chose de mal odorant tombe en plein milieu de la table. En fait rien de grave, de l'autre coté de la planete, un autre couple, américain, vient d'utiliser le fameux déboucheur sur l'évier de la maison.  Sympa l'idée que les Américains nous envoi leurs déchets...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4022942013144866248-2154536284759179022?l=benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/2154536284759179022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/2154536284759179022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com/2007/08/controversial-liquid-plumr-tv-ad-une.html' title='Controversial Liquid PlumR TV ad - Une pub. Américaine choquante !'/><author><name>Benoit et Stephane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03715979099426295726</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NVlUDgfKFzg/Toa9ApxoXAI/AAAAAAAADSo/3UM3cl3d7rE/s220/DSC01096.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXIY9Cr_4I/AAAAAAAAAb4/yasxqPdfJeE/s72-c/DSC_3123.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022942013144866248.post-1792918643161761284</id><published>2007-08-29T12:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-29T12:14:09.726-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kodak'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='benoit delaveau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sandisk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Photo industry'/><title type='text'>Kodak and Sandisk</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXFSNCr_3I/AAAAAAAAAbw/ue7_5QXt3m0/s1600-h/img_accueil_kodak_ultra.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXFSNCr_3I/AAAAAAAAAbw/ue7_5QXt3m0/s320/img_accueil_kodak_ultra.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104202669223575410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, May 10, 2006&lt;br /&gt;According to Thomas from Business 2.0 magazine, Sandisk the famous memory card maker, might be interested in buying the old-fashion company Kodak, to secure its market share. The $12 billion capitalised 10 years old company has technically the capability to acquire Kodak, a $8 billion market capitalisation company.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;M. Thomas du journal Business 2.0 propose un scénario surprenant et révélateur de la situation de l'industrie photo. Sandisk, le fabricant de mémoire , aurai les moyens de se payer... Kodak ! Cette idée n'a bien entendu pas été commentée de part et d'autre, mais cela en dit long sur l'état de santé des deux entreprises et la situation du marché de la photo aujourd'hui.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Info: &lt;br /&gt;http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/05/technology/business2_workingtech0505/index.htm?section=money_technology&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4022942013144866248-1792918643161761284?l=benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/1792918643161761284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4022942013144866248/posts/default/1792918643161761284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benoitdelaveau.blogspot.com/2007/08/kodak-and-sandisk.html' title='Kodak and Sandisk'/><author><name>Benoit et Stephane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03715979099426295726</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NVlUDgfKFzg/Toa9ApxoXAI/AAAAAAAADSo/3UM3cl3d7rE/s220/DSC01096.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_uaH-cZaTHq8/RtXFSNCr_3I/AAAAAAAAAbw/ue7_5QXt3m0/s72-c/img_accueil_kodak_ultra.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry></feed>
