Source: The Lewis Group – Global Energy Perspective
http://nsl.caltech.edu/energy.html
The Caltech page has Streaming Video and PDF files. My clip of the Q&A part of the presentation is a way to get Carbon Cap definition out. This is not smoke and mirrors. Do go to the above link and watch/listen carefully.
Thanks, dutch
Presentation Abstract
This presentation describes and evaluates the technical, political, and economic challenges involved with widespread adoption of renewable energy technologies.
First, we estimate the available fossil fuel resources and reserves based on data from the World Energy Assessment and World Energy Council. In conjunction with the current and projected global primary power production rates, we then estimate the remaining years of supply of oil, gas, and coal for use in primary power production. We then compare the price per unit of energy of these sources to those of renewable energy technologies (wind, solar thermal, solar electric, biomass, hydroelectric, and geothermal) to evaluate the degree to which supply/demand forces stimulate a transition to renewable energy technologies in the next 20-50 years.
Second, we evaluate the greenhouse gas buildup limitations on carbon-based power consumption as an unpriced externality to fossil-fuel consumption, considering global population growth, increased global gross domestic product, and increased energy efficiency per unit of globally averaged GDP, as produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). A greenhouse gas constraint on total carbon emissions, in conjunction with global population growth, is projected to drive the demand for carbon-free power well beyond that produced by conventional supply/demand pricing tradeoffs, at potentially daunting levels relative to current renewable energy demand levels.
Duration : 0:9:11
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April 8th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Hi. Can I ask you …
Hi. Can I ask you how you captured the Lewis at JPL stream in order to post the video on YouTube??? I have been trying to figure out how to do this, with no luck. I want to capture the entire video and put it on a DVD to show my friends. Thanks for any help you can give me.