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Energy 101Energy Technology and PolicyDr. Michael E. WebberThe University of Texas at Austin
Module 1: Introduction and Course Objectives
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Energy is Cross-Cutting: It Touches Just About Every Part of Society
•It is relevant to many sectors
‣Transportation, electricity, food, water, industry, residential, commercial
•It is relevant to societal issues
‣Environment, public health, national security, poverty, education, and our way of life
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Energy is Good
•Abundant food
•Clean water
•Productive industry
•Mobility
•Comfortable buildings
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Energy Consumption and A!uence are Correlated
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The Global Maps of Electricity Consumption and Wealth are Nearly Identical
Source: NASA 2012
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Energy is Bad
Flcelloguy at the English language Wikipedia
Resource Depletion
U.S. Navy
Environmental Degradation
U.S. Air Force
National Security
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Paper or Plastic?
Basic Energy Questions Are Good and Bad:
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Paper or Plastic?
•Good:
‣Reuseable
‣Renewable
‣Biodegradeable
•Bad:
‣Uses more materials
‣Made from biomaterials
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Paper or Plastic?
•Good:
‣Reuseable
‣Compact and consumes minimal material
‣Does not use paper pulp
•Bad
‣Not biodegradeable
‣Floats into ecosystems
‣Uses primary energy resources
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Canvas!
•Reusable for many years
•Won’t float away
•Renewable
•Biodegradeable
•Stronger
Even simple energy questions are complicated. The answers are usually di!erent than the options we’re given.
TooHotToHandle at en.wikipedia
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The USA Must Balance Three Priorities While Addressing the Energy Problem
NationalSecurity
Economics& Supply Environment
Most options for new fuels or technologies solve any one or two priorities, but not all three.
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More Than 12% of World PopulationIs Undernourished
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 • Graphic: Michael E. Webber, The University of Texas at Austin
Nourished88%
Undernourished13%
CDC/ Dr. Lyle Conrad
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12% of World Population Lacks Access to an Improved Drinking Water Source
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 • Graphic: Michael E. Webber, The University of Texas at Austin
Access88%
No Access12%
Bob Metcalf, Wikipedia Commons
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37% of World Population Lack Access to Sanitation Facilities
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 • Graphic: Michael E. Webber, The University of Texas at Austin
Access63%
No Access37%
Centers for Disease Control
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Two-Thirds of World PopulationAre Not Using the InternetSource: www.internetworldstats.com, 2013 • Graphic: Michael E. Webber, The University of Texas at Austin
Users34%
Non-Users66%
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There are Only 600 Million Cars and 250 Million Trucks Worldwide
Source: WorldMapper
Warren Gretz / NREL
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There are Great Inequitiesin Global Energy Consumption
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2012 Worldwide Per Capita Energy UseSource: International Energy Agency • Graphic: Michael E. Webber, The University of Texas at Austin
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Managing the Good and Bad of EnergyIs the Grand Challenge of the 21st Century
•Doing so means that tradeo!s must be foremost in our mind
•Doing so requires deep understanding of energy fundamentals
•Doing so requires fluency in the language of energy
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The world needs experts who can see through the tricks to
design e"ective new technologies and policies.
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The Main Objective of This CourseIs to Create Those Experts
•Teach the scientific and engineering principles of energy
•Introduce energy policy and economics
•Teach the language of energy
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This Course Will Cover Dozens of Topics Using a Wide Variety of Modules
•Energy Transitions
•Energy Vocabulary
•Energy Basics
•Energy Uses
•Fossil Fuels
•Renewables
•Nuclear Power
•Electricity
•Transportation
•Buildings
•Environment
•Climate Change
•Water
•Food
•Energy and Humanity
•Energy Policy
•Economy
•National Security
•Conservation and E!ciency
•Critical Technologies of the future
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By the End of This Course,You Will be Able to:
•Recite, list, explain and analyze the impacts, implications and tradeo!s for a wide range of fuel sources and end uses in our energy mix
•Critically interpret energy information objectively and accurately
•Design policy mechanisms for enhancing or mitigating the impacts, implications and tradeo!s of di!erent fuel sources and end uses
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At the end of this class, you will be fluent in Energy.
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Dr. Michael E. Webber
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