 NAE “America’s Energy Future” (2008)  Oil  Gas  Coal  Nuclear  BioFuels  Solar, Wind, Hydro  Energy Efficiency

 Quote from Charles Darwin  A thing that will assume enormous importance quite soon is the exhaustion of our fuel resources. Coal and oil have been accumulating in the earth for over five hundred million years, and, at the present rates of demand for mechanical power, the estimates are that oil will be all gone in about a century, and coal probably in a good deal less than five hundred years. For the present purpose, it does not matter if these are under-estimates; they could be doubled or trebled and still not affect the argument. Mechanical power comes from our reserves of energy, and we are squandering our energy capital quite recklessly. It will very soon be all gone, and in the long run we shall have to live from to year on our earnings.

 Quote from Charles Darwin  A thing that will assume enormous importance quite soon is the exhaustion of our fuel resources. Coal and oil have been accumulating in the earth for over five hundred million years, and, at the present rates of demand for mechanical power, the estimates are that oil will be all gone in about a century, and coal probably in a good deal less than five hundred years. For the present purpose, it does not matter if these are under-estimates; they could be doubled or trebled and still not affect the argument. Mechanical power comes from our reserves of energy, and we are squandering our energy capital quite recklessly. It will very soon be all gone, and in the long run we shall have to live from to year on our earnings.  The Next Million Years (1953), Charles Galton Darwin

 Observations from Council on Foreign Relations (2006)  Rising consumption of oil (driven by rising incomes and population growth) in the face of limited supplies will continue to put upward pressure on prices.  U.S. dependence on foreign oil is not going to end in the foreseeable future.  Continued U.S. reliance on imported oil has immense international consequences

 Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hard Truths (NPC 2007)  1. Coal, oil and NG will remain indispensible to meeting total projected energy demand growth.  2. The world is not running out of energy resources but there are accumulating risks to continuing expansion …  3. expansion of all economic energy sources will be required (inc. coal, nuclear, renewable, and unconventional oil and NG). … challenges … infrastructure  4. energy independence is not realistic in the foreseeable future; there can be no US energy security without global energy security  5. A majority of US energy sector workforce is eligible to retire within the next decade.  6. Policies aimed at curbing carbon dioxide emissions will alter the energy mix, increase costs, and require reductions in demand growth.

 Coal (MIT study, 2007)  Coal is today a cheaper source of energy than oil, natural gas, nuclear power, or renewable sources of energy.  The use of carbon capture and sequestration technology to reduce future climate change will substantially increase the cost of coal as an energy supply.

 Nuclear Energy  20 percent of US electricity today  Capital intensive  NRC has received 30 or so indications of interest in new construction  Extending life (license) of existing plants

 Biofuels  Advantages of ethanol  Continually renewed, does not emit impurities, produces fewer greenhouse gases than gasoline  New technologies for converting cellulose into gasoline or diesel  Other (solar, hydro, geothermal, wind)

 Transportation  Vehicle technologies (materials, hybrids, other fuels like NG or hydrogen)  Buildings and Industry  Largest source of ‘new’ energy is the energy we waste every day

 NAE “America’s Energy Future” (2008)  Oil – Victor Jackson, BP Amoco ( )  Gas – Kevin McCotter, Chesapeake  Tim Petrus, XTO ( )  Coal – several speakers  Nuclear – Charles Turk, Entergy Nuclear  - Dan Shapiro, Shaw Capital Investments  BioFuels – Mike McDaniel, LSU CES  Solar, Wind, Hydro, Smart Grid Technologies - Hilton Nicholson, Sixnet  Energy Efficiency – Kim Mitchell, Community Renewal

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 University and Community Leaders  Industry Speakers  University Speakers

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 Support Committee  Dr. Scott Forrest, Director, Technology Transfer Center  Ms. June Edwards, Assistant, Technology Transfer Center  Ms. Catherine Fraser, Director of Development  Mr. Estevan Garcia, Media Specialist  Ms. Lindsey Prince, Assistant for Director of Development