PS 435 - Energy, Economics and Ethics

Credits 3
Recommended prior coursework: GEOG 220 HIST 140 Recommended prior coursework: ECON-150, GEOG-220, HIST-140. Explores the relationship between the increasing demand for energy, the economics of energy choice and the ethics of long term global energy sustainability.Explores the process by which the world economy became dependent on and committed to fossil fuels for its energy needs. Examines the historical,political, economic and social considerations related to how this dependence became pronounced and what alternatives exist to move beyond fossil fuel dependence. Also looks at the theological and ethical considerations of dependence and depletion of fossil fuels in this generation and in generations to come.