HSA10 - 5
The
Economics of Oil and Energy
Spring 2013
Course Material
[Note: Most or all of this material is also found on
the Sakai
site for this class. This is offered here as an alternative and for Mudd fellow
travelers who do not have access to Sakai. Material will be added to
this page as the semester proceeds].
This site is certified as a navigational aide to The Island.
Temporary
Posting : Inflation and Deflation -
Chapter 4 (I can't expect you to do it unless I can do it).
Outline,
Calendar and Bibliography (for the calendar)
Course Outline and
description
Graded
Writing Assignments and Related Material
Two-page essay assignment (due in class in printed
format for peer review on Tuesday, February 5)
Peer editing master
sheet (used for peer editing assignments)
Mid-term Essay Paper
Assignment (due Thursday, March 7)
Research Paper Assignment
(due May 10, submitting a draft for audio review optional on April 30)
Research paper formatting
instructions
Instruction
Videos (and related material)
Note: This material is not on Sakai. This material will be supplemented and some of these
contents upgraded as the semester proceeds.
Audio comments about the
2-page essay assignment (listen to this after hearing my specific audio
response to your paper).
Converting nominal
prices to real (inflation-adjusted) prices
Amortizing
Fixed Cost Assets [video]
Amortization workbook
[zipped Excel workbook designed to be used with Amortizing Fixed Cost Assets
video above]
Solar
chimney technology (La Paz project)
Southern
California Public Power Authority La Paz Solar Tower Project [link to web
site connected with Solar Chimney video]
Liberal Arts
Reading and Assignments
Pippin, Robert, "Liberation
and the Liberal Arts," LLA
Harvey Mudd College 1956
Pamphlet, HMC
von Stamm,
Bettina, "Traditional MBA skill set is no longer enough," MBA
Discussion Guidance for Common
Readings (to be used to guide discussions for the three articles above on
January 29 and 31)
Student Survey 2012 (to
be completed on January 29)
Books and
Large Documents (to be used in the first half of the semester)
Mackay, David, Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air, SEW
National
Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee, draft report, January
2013 NCA
U.S. Energy Information
Administration, Annual Energy Outlook
2012 - with Projections to 2035, AEO
U.S. Energy
Information Administration, Annual Energy
Outlook 2013 early Release, AEA
Student
Classics (papers written by students last year, referred to in the
Bibliography)
Choi, Joengwoo, "Prospects of Electric Vehicles," Spring 2011 (not assigned in 2013)
Choi, Kevin, “Clean
Electricity Generation,” Spring 2012 CEG
[Audio response to early draft of
Choi paper]
Clausen, William, “Economic
Analysis and Future Prospects of Hydrogen Fuel,” Spring 2012 PHF
[Audio response to Clausen paper]
Cook, Matt, “Electric Taiwan,”
Spring 2012 ELT
[Audio response to early draft of
Cook paper]
Donelick,
Andrew, “Cost Optimization for Geothermal Well Drilling,” Spring 2012 COG
Klonowski,
Joey, "Energy Use in Food Production and Transportation," Spring
2011 EUF
Musselman-Brown,
Audrey, "A Cost Analysis of PEM Fuel Cells and Photovoltaic Cells in the
Home," Spring 2011 PEM
Park, Dong-hyeon,
"The Cost of Implementing Wave Power in Hawaii," Spring 2011, WPH
Pinto, Stephen, "Feed-In Tariffs
Can Help Research and Development," Spring 2011 FIT
Viswanathan, Sneha,
"Amortized Cost of Electricity from Solar Power Stations with Thermal
Storage vs. Pulverized Coal Facility with Amine-Scrubbing," Spring 2011
(not assigned in 2013)
Willey, Ariel,
“Upgrading: Cost Comparisons of Three 1993 Appliances to 2012 Energy Star
Models and Whether Switching is Economically Feasible,” Spring 2012 ESM
Team and
Supplemental Research Resources
Team Division Orientation (the
original PowerPoint that outlined team divisions and initial goals)
EIA Emissions of Greenhouse Gases
in the United States 2009 (published March 2011)