1. Energy Security: 21st Century Transition
John Slagle
NS4053

2. Brief Outline
The Pitch for Renewables: Why we need an energy revolution
Brief History: From the Industrial Revolution to the present
Political Policy Prospects and Viability
Renewable Sources
The Way Ahead

3. Why We Need Renewables Climate Change Pollution
Defunding Petro-dictatorships
Energy Security
Innovation in a Global World

4. Brief History: Highlights
Late 18th Century and the Industrial Revolution
Mid-19th Century and the Second Industrial Revolution
Early 20th Century: The Model-T and the Internal Combustion Engine
1930s to 1980s:
CO2 emissions warming the atmosphere
Consensus: climate change and a warming world
Climate Change and the Introduction to the Political Policy World

5. History continued: 1990: IPCC first report
Global Warming is happening
1992: Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
World Leaders get involved
1997: Kyoto Protocol
Developed vs. Developing Nations
2007: Fourth IPCC Report (90% anthropogenic probability)
MASS VS. EPA
China CO2 > USA CO2

6. Carbon Emission by Sector

7. Political Policy Options
Cap-and-Trade vs. Carbon Tax
Revenue Distribution Options
Source-by-Source Regulation
Emission Performance Standards / “Best Available Technology”
Non-Regulatory Tools
Product labeling, Seals of Approval, Tax Incentives for purchases

8. Policy Options continued:
Supply-Push:
Subsidies for R+D
Demand-Pull:
Clean Energy Standards
International Cooperation
Free Trade in Clean Technology
Boarder Tax adjustments for non-compliant countries/goods
Adaptation
Infrastructure
Research
Improved HA/DR capabilities

9. Renewable Energy Sources: Hydroelectric Wind Solar Geothermal
Nuclear as transition

10. The Way Ahead Holistic Approach Increased Efficiency
Cap-and-Trade (combined with other policy options)
Expansion of Renewables
International Cooperation
Smart Grid (macro and micro)
Adaptation (climate inertia)