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Monday’s Class :
Before Class
- PS#7 is posted. It is due on Wednesday. Please get it started.
- Please about solar power in DH’s Book: 433-441
- read about what Borenstein sees as California’s next step. Where does he use “market mechanisms”, and “where the market fails”. What does this mean? What does he say about creation of knowledge?
- Please read one article about the possible US withdrawal from the Paris agreement.
- Please see video: Concentrated Solar and slides
- Please read this article on improving infrastructure and consider three questions:
- $2 trillion… is that a lot? Of course, what this question should mean is to find a way to compare it to something that makes sense. For instance, how much is this per US American? Or better yet, per US American family?
- $0.25 per gallon gasoline tax? How long would it take to bring in $2 trillion at the rate we use petroleum?
- Would you consider this a market mechanism? To what degree is this internalizing an external cost? To what degree is it just raising money and not internalizing an external cost?
During Class
After Class
Wednesday’s Class
Before Class
- Surveys: Please take the university survey for this class. The link was sent to you via Email.
- Please read: What’s going to happen when solar is free and batteries are really cheap? Collapse of the Grid?
- Regarding the Paris Agreement, I refer to a letter I wrote to our commissioners regarding green innovation and the California Economy. Please consider it.
- And this is late, but worth reading if you get a chance regarding Carlton’s question about coal. From the Economist.
- Please review in DH’s Book: 309-314 on feedback that we covered in week 5 and 554 – 560 on finances
During Class
- Come prepared to ask questions and work on your projects
After Class
Friday: Midterm #4
After Class:
- Surveys: Please take the university survey for this class. The link was sent to you via Email.
- Prepare final presentation (and final dish to share).
Final presentations: 10 AM Wednesday, June 14 in our classroom. Please bring food to share if you can, and a dinner place setting for yourself.
Final Grading of Website: Midnight, Saturday night, June 17:
- Please move all the red text to the bottom.
- If you finish sooner than the weekend, please let me know so I can get it graded before the weekend.
- If you want, read Rand’s Analysis of Pulling out of the Paris Agreement.
NO NUTS!!! (,please) Please don’t use any nut products in your food for the potluck. One or more of us are horribly allergic to nuts and nut products.