Info: ****** Preview the online energy course 'Past, Present and Future of Fossil Fuels' with Stanford Professor Mark Zoback. Course Description It is a period of rapid transformation for the energy world. Global warming, resulting from burning fossil fuels, requires us to decarbonize the entire energy system while sustaining economic growth, reducing the environmental impacts of energy development, conforming to societally acceptable modes of energy production, and respecting the needs of nations for energy security. This course reviews the historical importance of fossil fuels, current shale gas and tight oil revolutions, and the opportunity for vast quantities of natural gas to play a critical role as a ‘bridge’ fuel toward a low-carbon future. You Will Learn - Conventional and unconventional gas resources and utilization - Environmental impacts of fossil fuel development and use - Growth projections in global energy demand - Major supplies of oil and gas resources - Production techniques from ultra-low permeability formations - Recovery factors for unconventional reservoirs