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Audio Video And Additional Reading Material For The Fanatical

Introduction, Course Overview

• Bigger than the Internet
• Power to the People (Part 1): How the Coming Energy Revolution Will Transform an Industry, Change Our Lives, and Maybe Even Save the Planet
• How many people does it take to improve the world? (article from Roy Tonnessen)
• Jerry Mander Interview - Critique of technology
• Jerry Mander, Anti-Globalism Interview w/ Scott London
• Jerry Mander, Technology is Not Neutral

Ecosystem Services

• 1997 Audio interview with economist Robert Costanzas about calculating the value of ecosystem services
• 2002 Inteview on valuing ecosystem services (4 min 30 sec)

Concept of Heat and Energy

• Great, simple explanations of the the laws of thermodynamics by Frank L. Lambert, Professor Emeritus Occidental College

ALSO SEE: http://www.entropysimple.com

• Robert Newman’s History of Oil - Video, 45 min
• History of Oil - Video, Oil Co Propaganda, 4:24

Efficiency: Using Energy Wisely

• David Orr on Design
• If It's Not Efficient, It's Not Beautiful, Lovins
• Building Blocks Chapter - Excerpt from Natural Capitalism, Lovins et al
• "Tunneling through the cost barrier - large savings can cost less than small"
• Perez article from Home Power magazine: Looking Down the Barrel
• Interview with William McDonough
• Rocky Mountain Institute Home Energy Briefs- short essays on efficiency in lighting, heating and cooling your home, refrigeration, and much more. Do like the Isbell family and reduce your electric bill by 90% by using energy wisely.
• Case studies of companies using energy efficiently and making money
• Lots of case studies of high performance buildings
• This is a great, simple explanation on heat loss in buildings and how to calculate it.
• Industrial Ecologies - Kalundborg, Denmark -> http://www.indigodev.com/Kal.html]]

The Sun as an Energy Source

A Golden Thread: 2500 Years of Solar Technology

• Great discussion of the history of solar thermal energy systems, including the French development since the 1800's.
• A condensed version of Perlin's excellent book " A golden thread: 2500 years of solar technology and architecture"

Solar Energy

Articles from Roy Tonnessen on Solar Water Heating

• Tonnessen Home Power magazine article
• Description of Solar Water Heating Economics *Tonnessen Home Data

Wind Energy

• How we Extract Energy From the Wind

Water Power

Biomass Energy

• Info on burning corn
• Wood Gasifier, experimental

Geothermal

Public Policy

Environmental Equity and Justice

• Majora Carter, South Bronx
• Van Jones 3 min
• Van Jones, Green Festival 2007 38 min
• Van Jones Bioneers 2007 excerpt 7 min
• Global Warming is Colorblind, Orion magazine
• Discussion of Orion Colorblind article Δ

Misc Energy

• Thermoelectric Effect
• Peizioelectric Effect

Energy in Agriculture

Magazines, Journals

• Renewable Energy World, a magazine that focuses on renewable energy in countries other than the US, particularly developing countries.

Economic Analysis

Transportation, Urban Design

• Article on Village Homes, Davis California from In Context magazine
• Ultracapacitors may replace/supplement batteries to store energy for electric vehicles Economist, 2008

The Renewables Based Economy

• Lovins -- Twenty Hydrogen Myths (PDF)
• Sacramento Bee article: Imagine a million solar rooftops in California
• BBC audio about German solar electric initiatives 30 min
• Ecotopia Audio One
• Ecotopia Audio Two
• Ecotopia Audio Three
• Ecotopia Audio Four