Climate Science and Energy Options Wednesday 30 Jan.2008 Focus the Nation The Evergreen State College Dr. E.J. Zita

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Climate Science and Energy Options Wednesday 30 Jan.2008 Focus the Nation The Evergreen State College Dr. E.J. Zita

Climate Science: IPCC and beyond UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007 Fourth Assessment Report - co-winner of Nobel Peace Prize

IPCC: Climate Science ___ scientists, ___ countries, thousands of articles, 6 years I. Evidence: The Physical Science Basis II. Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability III. Mitigation of climate change Scientific American, Aug.2007

I. Evidence for climate change

II. Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability

III. Mitigation of climate change: Energy Options

Energy options…

A Grand Solar Plan Provide 69% of US electricity by ,000 sq miles of PV arrays in the desert 16,000 sq miles of solar thermal Store energy with under ground compressed air 2100: 100% electricity, 90% total, total land__ Scientific American, Jan.2008

Solar Power - challenges

Solar Power - promises

Brief Reports

Thank you Chelsie Papiez, Dr. Jean MacGregor, and FTN organizers Dr. Richard Gammon, UW-Seattle Colleagues at Chautauqua Institutes Colleagues at Evergreen Faculty Summer Institutes Evergreen students, especially Energy Systems and Science Seminar

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