Coal and oil, sun, water, and wind - this course illuminates the science of energy sources. An expert geophysicist reveals how we power our lives. -- Professor Wysession walks you through a wide portfolio of renewable and non-renewable energy sources, including coal, oil, natural gas, solar, wind, geothermal, and nuclear fission. You?ll examine how these sources work, the engineering marvels that adapt them to human needs, the economic and environmental...

This report provides a comprehensive overview of available renewable technologies and how they can help increase our national security by decreasing our reliance on imported oil, create new jobs, and grow our economy, as well as decreasing environmental damage caused by burning fossil fuels.

"Russia's use of its vast energy resources for leverage against post-Soviet states such as Ukraine is widely recognized as a threat. Yet we cannot understand this danger without also understanding the opportunity that Russian energy represents. From corruption-related profits to transportation-fee income to subsidized prices, many within these states have benefited by participating in Russian energy exports. To understand Russian energy power in the...