Reading to be done before Class: ESBS Chapter 19
Come to class with a basic familiarity with the following concepts and ideas: renewable and nonrenewable energy, fossil fuels, Net energy, EROI, subsurface mining, strip mining, mountaintop removal, natural gas, oil, primary extraction, secondary extraction, refining, reserves-to-production ratio, peak oil, oil/tar sands, oil shale, pollution, acid drainage, energy conservation
Additional Assignment: Prepare for debate next time.

• Non-Renewable
• Renewable

• Fossil Fuels
• Petroleum
  • Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
• Coal (article on Mercury pollution regulation, Coverage of the issue on bigeastern.com)
• Natural Gas