Energy & Society – Physics 118

Here is the pdf file for lecture 19, which goes through thermal blackbody radiation and a calculation of what Earth’s temperature would be in the absence of the atmosphere.

The assignment for midterm paper 2 can be found here.  There are a couple of new items in the assignment, so please read it thoroughly.

A hard copy of the paper should be handed in at lecture on November 19th.

You should also submit the computer file for your paper through the class SPARK site.  Look for the turnitin assignment labeled “Midterm paper 2″.

Here is the pdf file for lecture 18, which focuses on “clean coal” technologies and the greenhouse effect.

Link to the New York Time article about the recycling of nuclear material from Russian weapons to fuel for nuclear power plants.

Link to Green Inc. post on underground coal gasification project.

Homework 8 can be found here.  It is due in class on Thursday, November 12th.

Here is the pdf file for lecture 17, which focuses mainly on oil reserves and consumption.

Link to Yale Environment 260 feature on Mountaintop Removal Mining

Here is the pdf file for lecture 16, which focuses mainly on oil reserves and consumption.

Link to the Clean Energy Connections conference in Springfield on Tuesday, November 10th.

Link to BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2009.

Here is the pdf file for lecture 15, which finishes up chemical energy with a discussion of photosynthesis and then makes its way into fossil fuels.

Homework 7 can be found here.  It is due in class on Thursday, November 5th.

It is implicit in all assignments that you must turn in your own work.  Copying, or allowing your work to be copied is unacceptable.

Here is the pdf file for lecture 14, which is again focuses on endothermic and exothermic chemical reactions.

Here is the pdf file for lecture 13, which focuses on the energy levels of atoms, the electromagnetic spectrum and the structure of the periodic table.