ER 100 Energy and Society
Lecture Notes
 
Date Lecture Title  File
Thursday, August 30 Energy & Society [PDF] (2.2MB)
Tuesday, September 4 Toolkit I: Units, forecasts, back-of-the-envelope [PDF] (1.4MB)
Thursday, September 6 Tookit II: Basics of Combustion [PDF] (256KB)
Tuesday, September 11 Biomass I: Fuel for One Billion [PDF] (2.3MB)
Thursday, September 13 Biomass II: Energy, Gender & Development [PDF] (1.1MB)
Tuesday, September 18 Energy Toolkit III: Energy Thermodynamics [PDF] (1.7MB)
Thursday, September 20 Energy Toolkit IV: Hydrocarbon Fuel Combusion & Emissions [PDF] (377KB)
Tuesday, September 25 Hydrocarbon Man: Coal, Oil, Industry & Society [PDF] (1.5MB)
Thursday, September 27 Energy Toolkit V: Thermodynamics of Modern Power Plants [PDF] (1.5MB)
Tuesday, October 2 Energy Toolkit VI: Combustion, emissions, pollution, and the next generation of power plants [PDF] (1.2MB)
Thursday, October 4 Energy Toolkit VII: Financial and Life Cycle Analysis  [PDF] (1.7MB)
Tuesday, October 9 The Evolution of the Modern Energy Economy: Regulation & Growth [PDF] (4.5MB)
Thursday, October 11  The Evolution of Deregulation and the California Energy Crisis [PDF] (75KB) 
Tuesday, October 16 The Grid [PDF] (592KB)
Thursday, October 18 Energy Efficiency & Demand Side Management [PDF] (2.1MB)
Tuesday, October 23 Mid-Term  
Thursday, October 25 In-Class Discussion  
Tuesday, October 30 Energy & Transportation  [PPT] (1.3MB) 
Thursday, November 1 Nuclear Energy I: Physics & Engineering, Fission Systems [PDF] (1.0MB)
Tuesday, November 6 Nuclear Energy II: Waste Economics [PDF] (1.9MB)
Thursday, November 8 The future of nuclear power  [PDF] (2.5 MB)
Tuesday, November 13 Renewable Energy [PDF] (5.7 MB)
Thrusday, November 15 Fuel Cells [PDF] (1.1 MB)
Tuesday, November 20 Dams & Environmental Justice [PDF] (1.7 MB)
Tuesday, November 27 Distributed Generation & Green Power [PDF] (0.9 MB)
Thrusday, November 29 Climate Change [PDF] (5.1 MB)
Tuesday, December 4 Climate Policy Options [PDF] (7.9 MB)
Thrusday, December 6 Conclusion [PDF] (2.8 MB)