Blue Energy Nation Launches 6-Module BENERGY Course Nationwide as 75% of Youth Call the Future Frightening
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Updated · RealClearEducation · Aug 16
Blue Energy Nation Launches 6-Module BENERGY Course Nationwide as 75% of Youth Call the Future Frightening
1 articles · Updated · RealClearEducation · Aug 16
Summary
Blue Energy Nation is rolling out its BENERGY course nationally this fall, offering six modules designed for homeschool families and adaptable to science, civics or economics classes.
75% of 10,000 young people in a Lancet Planetary Health study said the future is frightening, while schools often devote just one or two hours a year to climate and energy and three-quarters of teachers report no training.
71% of teens say teachers are their top source on climate and energy, yet fewer than a third of high schoolers can name the three main sources of U.S. electricity and social-media-heavy use has been linked to "climate doom."
2% annual growth in U.S. electricity demand since 2020 is colliding with weak energy literacy as data centers near doubling their share of peak demand within two years.
73,500 electrician openings a year, $104,000 median pay for nuclear technicians and more than $50 billion in tech commitments to nuclear underscore the jobs case behind expanding energy education.