ENVIRON 155
Energy and Society in Time of Climate Change: Moving toward Just Transition
Description: Lecture, three hours. Introduction to energy systems and their regulatory infrastructure, with focus on U.S. and California. History of field of energy including rise of coal mining, development of petroleum both in U.S. and Middle East, and enrollment of public lands for extraction or collection of energy from fossil deposits and flows. Examination of concept of energy and differences between energy and power. Focus on understanding contemporary energy system, different sources of energy, how energy is transmitted and distributed, and regulatory infrastructure that has arisen around this vast and essential system that provides electricity and natural gas for most commercial and domestic activities. Discussion of challenges and opportunities in current transition away from fossil fuels and progress of just transition in California. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2025 - This class with Pincetl is an easy A and honestly pretty engaging. Her lectures are recorded and she posts the slides, but at least once a week she takes attendance, but she doesn't tell you what day she's gonna take attendance, so I'd plan on going every day. Super interesting class on how energy operates in our society today, and because of that it's a tech free class, so make sure to buy a notebook. There were no midterms or finals, just group projects and essays. All of which were super easy. As long as you can demonstrate to her that you are able to reference the class and use that in your argument, you'll get full credit on your stuff. Highly recommend for an easy and interesting upper div.
Fall 2025 - This class with Pincetl is an easy A and honestly pretty engaging. Her lectures are recorded and she posts the slides, but at least once a week she takes attendance, but she doesn't tell you what day she's gonna take attendance, so I'd plan on going every day. Super interesting class on how energy operates in our society today, and because of that it's a tech free class, so make sure to buy a notebook. There were no midterms or finals, just group projects and essays. All of which were super easy. As long as you can demonstrate to her that you are able to reference the class and use that in your argument, you'll get full credit on your stuff. Highly recommend for an easy and interesting upper div.
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