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Energy Consumption Waste sheldon bateman june 2012
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6.2012 Georgia Southern University 2 Energy Consumption Waste wtf! Social Economic Political Technical Environmental
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6.2012 Georgia Southern University 3 Energy Consumption Waste 00:00:59 overview Generation most power is steam driven prime mover T & D transmission is long distance distribution is local Wholesale Markets 10 wholesale markets in N.A. Watt’s that? Watt is unit of power kW is 1,000 watts MW is 1,000 kW kW ≠ kWh
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6.2012 Georgia Southern University 4 Energy Consumption Waste :) or :(
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6.2012 Georgia Southern University 5 Energy Consumption Waste
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6.2012 Georgia Southern University 6 Energy Consumption Waste
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6.2012 Georgia Southern University 7 Energy Consumption Waste
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6.2012 Georgia Southern University 8 Energy Consumption Waste
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6.2012 Georgia Southern University 9 Energy Consumption Waste energy efficiency [quadrillion BTUs]
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6.2012 Georgia Southern University 10 Energy Consumption Waste Renewables & efficiency initiatives rebates, grants, loans, bonds & incentives federal 50 states + USVI & PR municipalities individual utilities R & D efficiencies emissions reduction new sources & storage Education & understanding You & me
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6.2012 Georgia Southern University 11 Energy Consumption Waste consumption US per capita = 13,582 kWh/yr Remind me about “Offsets” & “RECs” Get your game on! Remember when I said you were polluters? fyi… you are, even in your sleep
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6.2012 Georgia Southern University 12 Energy Consumption Waste consumption
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6.2012 Georgia Southern University 13 Energy Consumption Waste consumption
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6.2012 Georgia Southern University 14 Energy Consumption Waste consumption = emissions Greenhouse Gasses (GHG) Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Methane (CH4) Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Pollutants Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) Mercury (Hg) Lifecycle Assessment fyi…everything is dirty
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6.2012 Georgia Southern University 15 Energy Consumption Waste consumption
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Behold the bitten apple, the power of the tools, but all the knowledge in the world is of no use to fools. Henley, Schmidt & Frey
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6.2012 Georgia Southern University 17 Energy Consumption Waste nuclear in the news
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6.2012 Georgia Southern University 18 Energy Consumption Waste nuclear in the news
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6.2012 Georgia Southern University 19 Energy Consumption Waste nuclear in the news We import 92% of enriched uranium necessary to run our nuclear plants compare… 70% of our oil is imported ~ 60% of the world's production of uranium is mined Kazakhstan (28%) Canada ( 22%) Australia (13%) compare… USA (2%) ~ 40% of what we use comes from dismantled Soviet-era warheads 10 companies market 89% of the world's uranium mine production fyi… none are American owned
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6.2012 Georgia Southern University 20 Energy Consumption Waste on the horizon Storage: battery & potential Alternative generation buoys in Hawaii “oyster” in Scotland osmosis in Norway Nuclear waste reclamation Smart grid
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consumption graphs - http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb- wdi&met=eg_use_elec_kh_pc&idim=country:USA&dl=en&hl=en&q=electricity+consumption+trends# met=eg_use_elec_kh_pc&idim=country:USAhttp://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb- wdi&met=eg_use_elec_kh_pc&idim=country:USA&dl=en&hl=en&q=electricity+consumption+trends# met=eg_use_elec_kh_pc&idim=country:USA renewable initiatives - http://www.dsireusa.org/summarytables/finre.cfmhttp://www.dsireusa.org/summarytables/finre.cfm georgia power - http://www.georgiapower.com/residential/flash_bill/Bill.htmlhttp://www.georgiapower.com/residential/flash_bill/Bill.html emission calculator - http://www.cleanerandgreener.org/resources/pollutioncalculator.htmlhttp://www.cleanerandgreener.org/resources/pollutioncalculator.html life-cycle emissions - www.cna.ca/english/pdf/studies/ceri/LCA-Summary.pdfwww.cna.ca/english/pdf/studies/ceri/LCA-Summary.pdf life-cycle emissions - www.iaea.org/Publications/Magazines/Bulletin/Bull422/article4.pdfwww.iaea.org/Publications/Magazines/Bulletin/Bull422/article4.pdf life-cycle emissions - fti.neep.wisc.edu/pdf/fdm1181.pdffti.neep.wisc.edu/pdf/fdm1181.pdf usage scenario - http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/01/30/oprah-plug-in-your-toaster-most-appliances- dont-use-energy-when-turned-off/http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/01/30/oprah-plug-in-your-toaster-most-appliances- dont-use-energy-when-turned-off/ gaming scenario - http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-356-1.htmhttp://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-356-1.htm another usage scenario - http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/light/accounts/stretchyourdollar/ac5_appl.htmhttp://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/light/accounts/stretchyourdollar/ac5_appl.htm appliances - http://gmspress.gekkotips.com/http://gmspress.gekkotips.com/ propaganda – http://www.despair.com/http://www.despair.com/ AJC - http://www.ajc.com/news/vogtle-nuclear-plant-near-308302.htmlhttp://www.ajc.com/news/vogtle-nuclear-plant-near-308302.html uranium independence - http://www.trendsimwatching.com/2008/08/us-imports-92-o.htmlhttp://www.trendsimwatching.com/2008/08/us-imports-92-o.html uranium independence - http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf23.htmlhttp://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf23.html uranium independence - http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/default.aspx?id=444http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/default.aspx?id=444 quad graphic - https://eed.llnl.govhttps://eed.llnl.gov sheldon bateman bateman.sheldon@gmail.com 6.2012 Georgia Southern University 21 Energy Consumption Waste reference
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