Douglas Wiggins: October 2008 Archives

 

This is my annotated sources entry.  The topic is the LZR Racer by Speedo. Unfortunately, as  I wrote this outline, I found that the number of quality sources quickly ran out, and that the NCAA's ban on the suit had been overturned, which could have been a key part of my argument.  So I'm wondering if I should continue with this topic, or should I type up another annotated sources entry this weekend for my backup topic, which is arguing in favor of nuclear power, and would definitely have a much larger base of sources to choose from.

So I have been browsing the catalog and databases for about an hour everyday this week, and am still struggling to find a few strong sources for one of my potential topics. I was wondering if anyone had had particular success with a resource, or could point me in the right direction. My potential topics are as follows:

Negative impacts of technology in sports

Potential economic returns of going back to the moon

Negatives of Solar Power in the short term.

Thank you.

Looking at solar power now, I want to focus on short term weaknesses. Something along the lines of "While solar power may one day be the power source of the future, it's current inefficiency and high costs prevent it from being a current solution to energy and oil dependency problems in light of the current economic conditions."  I would appreciate thoughts on to whether or not this could work as both a topic, and as a temporary thesis statement.

                My topic is the potential downfalls of solar energy.  Leo Marx's article "Does Improved Technology Mean Progress?", while not specifically about this subject, provides great insight into the broader themes of the topic.