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What Should we do First: I will start finding some coal resources(rob) I am going to go back and read the tutorial on this wiki thing - will check back in later when ready to go(nan) You did it, that is all you need to do! Work on your piece of the debate on your page linked on the left for now then later we will work on a introduction and part of the debate for later!(rob) How about start looking up some stuff on Natural Gas Nan?? Post it in your individual page linked on the left.(rob) Sounds good. I will investigate natural gas and get back. Give me a day or two, though, since I'm not able to access this site at school and will have to do it evenings.(nan) One other thought - does Rick need to have access to this? Should someone let him know where we are, in case he wants to follow what we're up to or make comments/suggestions?(nan) already updated him(rob)

Kevin do you want to look at nuclear and find flaws for us to attack?(rob)

Allan look at alternative sources for weaknesses.(rob) Gotcha, I'll start today.(Allan) Sharon look at oil and see what can be supportive about this. We all need to find some rebuttals that are documented to defend our points.(rob) When is this first posting due? Today? Tomorrow? Some thoughts on the entire assignment - maybe we need some general themes for all to address? For example, no one can argue that fossil fuels can be our indefinite supply of fuel, as they are non-renewable. Instead, perhaps we should all try to think in the same terms of emphasizing their use for the next 100 years (which is longer than most experts seem to believe that they will last)? Also, consider the infrastructure currently in place for all fossil fuel usage - really susbstantial. Will focus on cost help or hurt us? Same goes for supply? Try to find positive data on those areas. Are we each going to write a short paragraph on the area that we researched and then post and edit it together? I think this first posting is just supposed to advocate for our energy source. So, rebuttals can probably wait. Three of us - Rob, Nan, and Sharon can each write a piece on the specific fossil fuel that we researched- and Kevin and Allan do intro, conclusion and edit (however they want to divy that up) and we all work on final edit? Since Kevin and Allan researched weaknesses, they'll take the lead on a subsequent posting and we others will do the editing, etc? Open for suggestions, of course, but I think that we need to get going. I'm just dashing this off on my way to school since I have no access to this there and will have limited time later tonight. (nan) I have posted a piece about natural gas (ready for use, I think) both on my own page here - after sources listing - and on the discussion board for our team as back-up.(nan) I have put together a first draft of our first post and created a page for it - see 'proposed first post' to the left. I'm pretty sure that this is kind of due now - given Rick's subtle urgings for someone to post something and the timeline given for postings. Let's edit and go? I think that we need a little more information on oil supplies, some kind of positive spin. I'll look for something. If no one says anything, I'm going to post this shortly. Rob, I wasn't sure about the part at the end of your piece - notes or text? If text, I need a little more filled in to be able to include it. Someone else is free to post a revision if they so desire. (nan) Heard from no one to the contrary, so I posted this to the group discussion page at about 8:30 pm Tuesday- took me multiple stabs, but it appears to be there.(nan)

Great job nan what you have done is wonderful, I hope the rest of the group is ok with using the wiki??? Nan what do you want me to do next???

OK, I have a response to alternative enegies on my page. Edit away! (allan) put some stuff at the bottom (rob)

I see the opage on Sharon's nuclear weakness, should I add to this or focus on the intro you guys wanted to do above, sorry for the late postings (Kevin)

Do we need to work on a group fourth post? If so, what will it be? (allan)

At the start, I'm pretty sure the assignment said we needed our original team post on fossil fuels and then three additional team posts either rebutting other groups or defending our original. We made the first team post and two additional team rebuttal posts. Meanwhile, Rick said that we could post as individuals or teams. I don't know how that impacted the expectation for four total team posts. I believe the module ends tomorrow. We could do another post, though it has historically taken us days to get one done. Possibly our last post would be a conclusion of sorts - general recap of the advantages of fossil fuels and disadvantages of all others. If anyone wants to start this, or some other topic thought more appropriate, I'll help add/edit tomorrow, but I'm done for the day now. (nan) Shows how out of it I am, I just noticed that someone has posted a nice-looking final statement (rough). At a very quick look, it seems that it defends/restates our position on fossil fuels quite well. If we added just a bit about the disadvantages of alternatives and nuclear, it would make a great closing post. (nan)

I added a concluding statement on alternative energy. Anyone want to a nuclear? We should post tonight.(allan)