Sustainable Energy – can we make it
happen?
OLLI Fall 2012, 9:00
to 10:30 am
Instructor: Bill
Fintel
Oct 15 – David
MacKay’s book, Sustainable Energy –
without the hot air, Part 1. Comparing energy consumption with the maximum foreseeable
energy generation from renewable sources, like wind, solar, waves, tide,
biofuels, hydroelectric, and geothermal.
Oct 22 – Sustainable Energy, Chapter 27, “Five
Energy Plans for Britain”. Discussion is encouraged in this class, because
there is no obvious good combination of renewable approaches. Near the end of
this class we will select a topic or topics for our last class on Nov 19.
Oct 29 – Guest
speaker, Professor Jeremy Firestone from the U of Delaware. Dr. Firestone will
discuss wind energy potential, research activities with the U of DE wind turbine,
and studies on wildlife impacts of wind turbines. A complete description of his
presentation and background will be posted on this blog.
Nov 5 – Guest
speaker Curt Davis, a grad student at the U of Delaware. Curt will describe
some of his fascinating work building cookstoves and documenting biogas
generators for cooking in India and Nicaragua, and he will give his forward
looking views on how this technology should be expanded. A complete description
of his presentation and background will be posted on this blog.
Nov 12 – No
class. School closed for Veterans Day.
Nov 19 – Topic or
topics selected by class on Oct 22.
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