Energy

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Course focuses on energy fundamentals such as the various guises of energy, combustion, inescapable inefficiencies, electric generation, and the planet’s energy balance. Unsustainable energy technologies (coal, oil, gas, nuclear, and hydropower), sustainable energy technologies (solar, photovoltaics, wind, wave and tidal, biomass, geothermal, and fusion), and other fuel technologies such as hydrogen/fuel cells, carbon sequestration, and syngas production will be discussed and, in some cases, demonstrated. Satisfies depth and breadth course requirement in the Natural Science track of the Environmental Studies major or interdisciplinary minor. Counts as an Applied Environmental Science course in the Natural Science track of the Environmental Studies interdisciplinary major. Prerequisites & Notes Chemistry 115