PAPER TOPICS CHOSEN BY THE STUDENTS

Freshmen and Sophomores
Indiana University Living-Learning Center
Spring 2004

CLASS HANDOUTS

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Energy Problem | Science and Technology | Oil | Coal and Nuclear Power  | Renewable Energy Sources |  Environmental Impacts of Energy Use | Agriculture | Culture and Consumerism | Social Issues | Energy Policy | Economics | Education |  Religion |  Overviews | Rules of the Game | Energy Resources | Economics | End-of-Semester Mementos

The Energy Problem

Population and Energy

Science and Technology

The Physics of Fuel Cells and Their Use (guest lecture by Prof. Brabson)

Technicalities of Hybrid Cars

Oil

An in Depth Look at Oil

Oil Connections

Oil and the Middle East

OPEC: A History

Innovations in Crude Oil Production: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Drilling for Oil in the Alaskan National Wildlife Reserve

Oil Spill History

Coal and Nuclear Power

Clean Coal in the Future

Nuclear Power: Pros and Cons and its Future

France and Nuclear Energy

Nuclear Fusion: The Journey from E=mc2 to ITER

Renewable Energy Sources and Technologies

Overview of Solar Energy

Wind Energy: Should the United States Develop it Further

Geothermal Energy

Ethanol

Energy and Agriculture

Energy and Agriculture

Renewable Energies in Africa

Damming China

Misc. Alternative Energy Sources: Tidal & Wave, Solar Thermal, Thermal Updraft, Ocean Thermal, Biodiesel . . .

Generation of Electricity by Routine Biomass Ingestion and Limb Stimulation (GERBILS)

Environmental Impacts of Energy Use

The World and its Ability to Provide

Allure of the Amazon Rainforest

Biodiversity

Factory Pollution: The Never Ending Saga

Methyl Tertiaryh-Butyl Ether (MTBE): You think you know, but you have no idea

A Survey of Global Warming

The Ozone Layer and Antarctica

Agriculture

Industrial Hemp: The Future of Sustainability

Genetically Modified Foods: Good or Bad?

Culture and Consumerism

Energy Consumption: A Closer Look

The Use of Energy in the United States: A History

Growth of Economy and Consumption in China

It's Not More Than You Need, It's Just More Than You're Used To

Personal Energy Conservation

What's Going On in Your Own Backyard: Bloomington's Energy Issues

Personal Transportation and Energy

Social Issues

The Energy Problem in a Historic Perspective of Revolutions

Energy and Environmental Justice

Energy and Human Rights

The Reasons Behind Oil's Status as an Impediment to Democracy

Energy Policy

The 2004 Presidential Race and Energy Policy: A Democratic Perspective

The Energy Policies of the Bush Administration

Kyoto, its Successors, and their Effect on World Energy Use

Economics

Incentives vs. Regulation: How to Best Make Our Energy Green

Education

Energy Games and Puzzles

The Literature of Anticipation (Science Fiction)

"Green" Schools"

Energy Policy and Education

Religion

Why God Cares: Religion and the Energy Crisis

HANDOUTS ON ISSUES RAISED IN CLASS

Overviews

Introductory lecture - an overview of the course

Population

History of energy consumption in the United States

An oil industry view of energy, development, and climate change

Rules of the Game

The second law of thermodynamics

Exponential growth

Depletion time of a non-renewable resource

Antimatter

Energy Resources

Geothermal energy

How heat is extracted from a nuclear fusion reactor

Unlimited energy

Economics

Effluent charges

End-of-Semester Mementos

Radiometer

The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices