Earth, Energy & Environment

Earth & energy (other)

Earth & energy (other) sits within Earth, Energy & Environment. Consider the connections between natural processes, engineered systems, resources, and public choices. This selection contains 12 catalog videos from 12 distinct channels. The examples below offer specific entry points into the subject, with their own vocabulary and scope, rather than a prescribed sequence of lessons.

Recurring catalog topics include energy, peak oil, exponential growth, fossil fuels, sustainability and exponential growth and sustainability. These tags describe overlapping directions within the collection; an individual video may connect several of them. Recorded formats include commentary, documentary, explainer, lecture and news. Use those differences to choose between approaches to the subject and to compare how different contributors frame related questions.

“Arithmetic, Population and Energy - a talk by Al Bartlett”, listed under lXlSalemlXl, is cataloged as lecture. Physicist Al Bartlett's well-known lecture on the arithmetic of exponential growth, applied to population, energy consumption and resource depletion. He argues that steady percentage growth cannot be sustained on a finite planet…

“America Was Wrong About Ethanol - Study Shows”, listed under Engineering Explained, is cataloged as explainer. Engineering Explained examines new research suggesting corn ethanol in US gasoline may emit as much or more carbon than gasoline. It covers the Renewable Fuel Standard and why ethanol was assumed to…