(Taken from the UC Berkeley Course Guide)
Assessment of technological options for responding to climate change. Overview of climate-change science; sources, sinks, and atmospheric dynamics of greenhouse gases. Current systems for energy supply and use. Renewable energy resources, transport, storage, and transformation technologies. Technological opportunities for improving end-use energy efficiency. Recovery, sequestration, and disposal of greenhouse gases. Societal context for implementing engineered responses.
Upper division or graduate standing in engineering or physical science, or consent of instructor
Spring only
3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week.