Energy and Modern Society

Fall 2001

Course Portfolio

Francelys Medina

Month Day Reflections and Opinions on
August 21 Lecture 1 Energy in Nature

Views and Conceptions

23 Lecture 2 Energy and related concepts
28 Lecture 3 Energy, The Pulse of Life
September 4 Lecture 4 Fossil Fuels Consumption and Energy Awareness
6 Lecture 5 Technology in Society

The Impact of Internet on Society

11 Lecture 6 Laws of Thermodynamics
13 Lecture 7 Nuclear Terrorism
18 Lecture 8 Energy and Ecological Sustainability
20 Lecture 9 Energy Efficiency at Home
25 Lecture 10 Air Pollution from Coal-Fired Power Plants
27 Lecture 11 Enhanced Greenhouse Effect and Global Climate Change
October 2 Lecture 12 Politics of Global Climate Change
4 Lecture 13 Clean Coal?
11 Lecture 14 Pennsylvania's Coal
16 Lecture 15 King Coal is back!
18 Lecture 16 Oil: a reason to die for?
23-25 Lecture 17-18 The End of the Oil Era
30 Lecture 19 Why Natural Gas? - The Facts
November 1 Lecture 20 Nuclear solution? No thanks
6 Lecture 21 Hydroelectric Power: Dammed?
8 Lecture 22 Energy is blowing with the wind
13-15 Lecture 23-24 Energy from the Sun!!
20 Lecture 25 Fuel Cells will rule!!
27-29 Lecture 26-27 Energy Policy?