Goal> This course aims at understanding the energy issue from a scientific point of view.
About> As an introductory course on energy science, we begin from what energy is. Classifying energy, natural resources, renewable energy, and electricity. In regards to natural resources, competition for securing the resource, the appearance of shale gas, methane hydrates are in the subject of study. For renewable energy, in addition to solar and wind energy, we will learn new coming technology in the field. Also. we will discuss the future issues regarding the security of energy from an international and geographical perspective. Lastly, this course offers energy security and political dynamics.
I wrote the essay for the course. Securing energy while achieving ecological sustainability and strengthening social resilience is necessary. I laid out how such goal is achieved in Japanese remote cities.
