A closer look at wind energy
April 6th, 2007 in Controlling carbon emissions, The world’s energy systems, What should we do? and Renewable energy resource: wind. 0 CommentsWind energy is a very attractive [tag]energy[/tag] source...
View ArticleChanging the world’s energy systems
download mp4Global warming is happening, and one of the culprits is likely increased emission levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as a result of our energy usage. Lynn Orr is director...
View ArticleChoosing Renewables: Wind and Solar
Download MP4Alternatives can help create a sustainable energy future. The most promising long-term alternative energy sources are wind and solar: there is plenty of it, greenhouse gas emissions are...
View ArticleAlternative Energy Options
Mark Jacobson is a world expert in wind energy and air pollution. He sees wind and solar power — not biomass — as the most optimal energy sources. He says that the increased use of ethanol will not...
View ArticleView From the Top: Shell Oil President John Hofmeister
Download MP4John Hofmeister, Shell Oil president, sees an important role for his company in supplying the world’s energy in the future. Petroleum (oil and gas) will remain, at least for the near to...
View ArticleSilicon Valley: the epicenter of solar power and clean technologies?
Download MP4 On June 1, Silicon Valley profiled itself as the future epicenter of solar power, energy efficiency and clean technologies at the Energy Summit 2007. Jacob and Desirae, two of my students...
View ArticleStanford’s Green Dorm
Download MP4 A few facts: in the U.S., residential and commercial space accounts for 40 percent of our primary energy consumption and 38 percent of CO2 emissions are from operating buildings. Why,...
View ArticleCarbon sequestration: Can we bury just the harmful carbon dioxide?
In this first in a series of discussons on carbon sequestration, we meet Marc Hesse, an aspiring graduate student at Stanford, who studies the physical processes that govern the movement of carbon...
View ArticleEthanol: Irrational Exuberance?
There’s a lot of enthusiasm right now around ethanol as a potential solution to our oil addiction. Not everyone shares that enthusiasm, though. Margot Gerritsen speaks with UC Berkeley Professor Tad...
View ArticleGeothermal energy: The little known resource
In Iceland and a few other countries, geothermal energy delivers a large part of the energy used for heating or cooling, through geothermal heat pumps. You may be surprised to hear that there are...
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