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The Future of Global Energy Utilization from a Geologic Perspective

Fall 2002

Ron Parker (e-mail)

Pictures of our field trip to the Richmond Power and Light Coal-Fired Generating Station

 

Senior Presentations

Hannah Bloom -- Solar America [Powerpoint] [Acrobat notes]

Nathan Cline -- Mechanical Today, Chemical Future: Fuel Cells are the Way of the Future [PowerPoint] [Acrobat Notes]

Andrew Graham -- A History of Oil in Iraq: From Geology to Geopolitics [PowerPoint] [Acrobat Notes]

Chris Hartman -- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Petroleum Resources and Environmental Problems [PowerPoint] [Acrobat Notes]

 

 

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Intro Readings

United States Energy Policy 2001

CEC 2001 The North American Mosaic

UCS 2001 Switching to Renewable Energy

Broecker 1997 Will Our Ride into the Greenhouse be a Smooth One?

Geothermal

Dickson and Fanelli, What is Geothermal Energy?

UNEP, Renewable Energy Technology Fact Sheet: Geothermal

Hydropower

Moreira 1993 Hydropower and Its Constraints

USDOE Hydropower

Ocean Thermal

Iqbal 1976 Use of Mixtures as Working Fluids in Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Cycles

Vega, 1999, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)

USDOE NREL Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Web Page

Tidal Energy

The Austrailian Renewable Energy Website

USDOE Hydropower Website

Solar Energy

http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/page/rea_data/chapter2.html#solar

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Burns et. al., 2002 Vehicle of Change: How Fuel Cell Cars Could Revolutionize the World, Scientific American Oct 200

Coal

DeMerritt and others, 1998, Coal Excerpt

Petroleum

Deffeyes, 2001, Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage

Note: While this link is to an excerpt, we are reading the entire book in class.

M. King Hubbert web site

How to Prepare Effective and Professional Scientific Presentations

Strunk and White, The Elements of Style Online

Cockerill, 2001, When Presentations Go Bad, I and II

Hansen, 1988, The Poster Session: A Guide to Preparation

 

 

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Copyright, 2002, Ronald L. Parker
Modified December 19, 2002