Demystifying Energy Security

Demystifying Energy Security

Osher Online | Available (Membership Required)

U of A Fayetteville, AR 72701 United States
Online Through Zoom
Open to Current OLLI Members ONLY!
Wednesday, July 9, 2025-Wednesday, August 13, 2025
12:00 PM-1:30 PM on Wed
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$65.00

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Demystifying Energy Security

Osher Online | Available (Membership Required)

Energy is essential for both national and economic security, underpinning all aspects of life. Yet discussions of energy

security often exclude the public, reducing complex issues to simplistic narratives like "Green is Good" or "Oil is Evil,"
which provide little actionable insight. In this course, you will engage in a comprehensive examination of energy's role in human development. Topics include the unmatched importance of hydrocarbons (oil and more); advancements in
electricity, the past, present, and future of nuclear energy; and the potential of renewables. We will explore how these
energy sources impact national security, economic stability, industrial production, transportation, and daily life. Join this
course for a balanced, realistic assessment of energy security, a critical issue of our time.


Class schedule: Live lecture will take place on Wednesdays via ZOOM

Wednesday, July 9, Live lecture 1
Wednesday, July 16, Live lecture 2
Wednesday, July 23, Live lecture 3
Wednesday, July 30, Live lecture 4
Wednesday, August 6, Live lecture 5
Wednesday, August 13, Live lecture 6

  • As this class is delivered by the National Resource Center for OLLIs (NRC) at Northwestern University, you will receive a welcome email from?osheronline@northwestern.edu.? The email will include your credentials (username & password) as well as a hyperlink to the Osher Online Website through which you will access your course website. Please save the link once you receive it. Multi-session courses will use this same link each week.


    Demystifying Energy Security
Hill- Skinner, Beth
Beth Hill- Skinner

Beth Hill Skinner has graduate degrees in Theology and International Diplomacy with a specialization in transnational terrorism. She has educated individuals and organizations for the purpose of empowering citizens to improve their community, state, and country. She believes there is a clear difference between providing information and education. She enjoys transforming the opaque or complex into clarity for her students or audiences.