1. Fall wk 4 – Mon.18.Oct.04 Welcome, roll, questions Fossil Fuels (1 hr) –Energy Ch.6, Earth Ch.16 –PIQ + seminar Exercise on rising CO 2 levels (1 hr) 3:00 Clean Energy Fair Looking ahead Energy Systems, EJZ

2. Fossil Fuels Energy Ch.6: FF: Impacts and technologies –Coal: tech use, present and future –Coal impacts, transportation and prep, combustion, disposal; Controls and Costs –Transnational effects: acid rain, CO –Ecocentric ethics Earth Ch.16: Earth resources –Natural resource, water, soils (p.367) –Fossil fuels (p.384)

3. Measured rising CO 2 levels Intro to Energy, Cassedy & Grossman

4. Predict future CO 2 levels Current (2004) levels: 370 ppm (End of Oil, Roberts, p.125) Find an equation for (a)Linear rise (b)Exponential rise (c)Oscillations We’ll put it all together, then PREDICT CO 2 level in 2100, based on (a) or (b)

5. Looking ahead COME ON TIME to Seminar tonight –please be ready to start at 5:00 sharp Tuesday –Biodiesel debate –Practice with physics and calculus HW –Tour the tunnels and steam plant at 3:30 TA here Wed.1-5, in the QRC Fri 10-noon Thursday: continue Trig and Thermal

6. Next week Monday: –midterm exam online –Conferences (sign up for times tomorrow) –required Blog workshop No seminar class (conferences with Sem students) Read Energy Appendix B Tuesday: Required workshops –Research planning #2 –Library workshop #2 Thus: Present your midquarter Research Proposal (sign up for times tomorrow)

7. PSE bill