CSP 11 Energy for Future Presidents

Energy made the modern world, and we depend on it for the future we want. It drives many of the great challenges to human society and our future. During your lifetime, we have experienced continual upheavals in the Middle East that are largely driven by global petroleum markets, the near meltdown of the Fukushima Daaichi nuclear facility, two of the three largest oil spills in history, the controversy of climate change, and many other geopolitical and environmental impacts associated with the extraction, transformation, transport and consumption of different forms of energy. This course is an introduction to a deep understanding of the science behind the headlines, and its importance to governing, economic sustainability and growth, and to our collective future, so that we can make informed, responsible decisions.