Energy & Society
Energy and Resources 100/200
Public Policy C184/C284
Fall 2012

Tuesdays and Thusdays 2:00-3:30
A1 Hearst Annex (Pacific Film Archive)

Professor: Daniel Kammen
GSIs: Luke Dodds, Deepa Lounsbury, Fermin Reygadas, Rebekah Shirley, Maggie Witt

• Lecture 1 - Organization, Overview & Goals
• Lecture 2 - How energy use shapes society and environment; Units, forecasts, and "back of the envelope" calculations
• Lecture 3 - Biomass, Households, and Gender
• Lecture 4 - Energy and Development
• Lecture 5 - Toollkit 2: Combustion
• Lecture 6 - Hydrocarbon Man
• Lecture 7 - Toolkit 3: Energy Thermodynamics
• Lecture 8 - Power Plants and Emissions (Audio)  
  
• Lecture 9 - Evolution of the U.S. Electricity Industry (Audio)
  
• Lecture 10 - Energy Economics (Audio)
  
• Lecture 11/12 - Energy Efficiency
• Lecture 11/12 - Benefit-Cost Analysis and Life-Cycle Assessment (Audio)
  
• Lecture 12 - LCA of Passenger Transportation
• Lecture 12 - LCA of Urban Water Systems (Audio)
  
• Lecture 13 - The Grid (Audio)
• Lecture 14 - Energy Efficiency (Audio)
  
• Lecture 15 - Buildings (Audio)
  
• Lecture 16 - Nuclear Energy
• Lecture 17 - Nuclear Power Systems (Part 1 Audio) (Part 2 Audio)
  
• Lecture 18 - Energy and Environmental Justice
• Lecture 19 - Solar Energy
  
• Lecture 20 - Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (Audio)
  
• Lecture 21 - Clean Fossil Energy
• Lecture 22 - Wind and Hydro (Audio both 22 and 23)
  
• Lecture 23 - International Energy Policy
• Lecture 24 - Transportation and Energy (Audio)
  
• Lecture 25 - Energy and the Climate System
• Lecture 26 - Climate Change Politics
  

Readings

    Week 1

• Yergin 1991

•  Lovins 1976
• Kammen and Dove 1997
• Crewe 1997
• Kammen 1995
• Bose 1993
• Bailis et al 2005

• Masters 1991 (Enviro Chemistry)
• Goldemberg 1996
• Jacobson and Kammen 2005

• Friedman 2006
• Campbell and Laherrere 1998
• Farrell and Brandt 2006
• Nef 1977
• Masters 1991 (Energy)
• Cengel and Boles 2001 (Thermo)

• Masters 1991 (Air Pollution)
• Anderson 2005
• Beer 2000
  

• Pacca and Horvath 2002
• Jones and Kammen 2011
  

• Masters 2004 (Transmission & Distribution)
• von Meier 2006
• Fairley 2004
• Electricity Glossary
  

• Goldstein 2008
  

• Deutch and Lester 2004
• Moore 2005
• Flynn et al. 1997
• Hultman et al. 2007
• Lake et al. 2002
• Peterson et al. 2006
  

• Black Leadership Forum 2002
• Van Jones 2007
• Pastor 2007
• O'Rourke and Connolly 2003
• EERE (2012). SunShot Vision Study: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/sunshot/vision_study.html
• Masters 2004 (Photovoltaics)
• Nemet 2006
• Wadia et al. 2009
  

• Masters 2004 (Wind)
• EERE/NREL (2008). 20% Wind Energy By 2030: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/wind/wind_energy_report.html
• World Commission on Dams (2000)
• World Commission on Dams cases (click on the map):http://www.internationalrivers.org/campaigns/the-world-commission-on-dams
• Paish 2002
• Masters 2004 (Fuel Cells)
• Romm 2004
• Ogden 2006
• Keith and Farrell 2003
• Demirdoven and Deutsch 2004
  

•    Farrell et al 2006
  

•    Sager et al 2011
•    Burer and Goldstein 2004

•    Pacala and Socolow 2004
•    Hansen et al 2012
•    Collins et al 2007
•    Emanuel 2005
•    Kolbert 2005: Part 1  Part 2  Part 3
•    Baer et al 2000
•    Frame and Hepburn 2010
•    Kammen and Nemet 2005
•    Wirth et al 2003
•    Sailor et al 2000
•    IPCC 2007
  

Problem Sets

•     Problem Set 1
•     Problem Set 1 Solutions
  
•     Problem Set 2
•     Problem Set 2 Solutions
  
•     Problem Set 3
•     Problem Set 3 Solutions
  
•     Problem Set 4
•     Problem Set 4 Solutions
•     Problem Set 5
•     Problem Set 5 Solutions
  
•     Problem Set 6
•     Problem Set 6 Solutions
  
•     Problem Set 7
•     Problem Set 7 Solutions
  

•     Week 3
•     Week 4
•     Week 5
•     Week 6
•     Week 7
•     Week 8
•     Week 10
•     Week 11  Week 11 Nuclear Article
  
•     Week 12
•     Week 13
•     Week 14
•     Week 15  Cost of Conserved Carbon Problem Solutions
  

Midterm Stuff

•     Midterm Review Tips
•     Midterm Practice Problems 1 (solutions)
  
•     Midterm Practice Problems 2 (solutions)
•     Midterm Exam Solutions
  

Final Exam Stuff

•     Final Exam Tips and Readings Review
•     Final Exam Practice Problems
  

Toolkits/Reader: Study and review materials designed specifically to help you master course content.

• Toolkit 1 - Energy Units and Fundamentals of Quantitative Analysis. Updated August 22, 2012
• Toolkit 2 - Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations
  
• Toolkit Appendices - Orders of Magnitude, Unit Conversions, Energy and Emissions Data, etc. Updated August 23, 2012
• Midterm Equation Sheet
  

Policy Memo Examples: Example 1; Example 2

Useful Links

• Energy and Resources Group (ERG)
• Minor in Energy & Resources - for undergraduates
• IEA Energy Conversion Calculator
• California Energy Commission Glossary of Energy Terms