College Energy Courses Ignore Fossil Fuels, Focus On Renewables And Climate
Most college energy courses emphasize renewables and climate alarmism while ignoring fossil fuels and real-world energy needs.
by Chuck Devore July 17, 2025, 12:04 PM
Some 60 percent of youth attend college after high school, some of them destined for leadership roles. Unfortunately, the things they’re taught aren’t grounded in reality, which ends up creating adverse consequences years down the line. [emphasis, links added]
The National Center for Energy Analytics (which I have the honor of overseeing as part of my work at the Texas Public Policy Foundation) recently released a study on the instruction of collegiate energy courses illustrating this point.
In “Energy Education: Foundational or Aspirational? A Survey of Top 50 U.S. Universities,” Mark P. Mills, executive director of the National Center for Energy Analytics (NCEA) and Shon R. Hiatt, PhD, director of the USC Marshall Business of Energy Initiative at the University of Southern California, reviewed 1,425 energy classes among the top 50 U.S. universities from the 2024-2025 school term using a keyword search.
If “energy is needed for every activity, product, service, business, and even every means of exchange,” then it matters how professors teach students about energy.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/college-energy-courses-fossil-fuels-renewables/
