Last five Mondays, 1-2:50pm, Webb Hall 1006
Enrollment Code: 54833
Is the world about to run out of cheap oil? If so our lives and society will change dramatically. Over the next few years, global oil production will peak. Industrial societies will compete for remaining reserves under the treat of war. Even if industrial societies begin to switch to alternative energy sources, they will have less net energy each year to do all the work essential to the survival of complex societies. We are entering a new era, as different from the industrial era as the latter was from medieval times, and facing a crisis. Three dollars for a gallon of gas will soon be cheap. How did this happen? What can be done? How realistic is this scenario? In this seminar students will read materials concerning these topics, lead discussions, and make presentations evaluating the arguments.
Professor Bruce Luyendyk, Geological Sciences, conducts research on methane greenhouse gas emissions.
