Energy Seminar (Winter 2011) Stanford University
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- Ciencia
The Energy Seminar is collaboration between the Woods and Precourt Institutes, and is comprised of an interdisciplinary series of talks primarily by Stanford experts on a broad range of energy topics.
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9. Transportation in a Climate Constrained World (March 7, 2011)
Andreas Schäfer discusses the growing impacts of transportation on global climate change due to economic growth and the desire for personal mobility. (March 7, 2011)
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8. Global Cookstove Problems and the Berkeley Darfur Stove (February 28, 2011)
Ashok Gadgil discusses the ongoing problems and expanding consequences of inadequate cookstove designs for the developing world and what is being done at Berkeley to address these shortcomings. (February 28, 2011)
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7. Renewable Power Entrepreneurship (February 23, 2011)
Bob Skinner, founder of IdeaLab and numerous other Silicon Valley startups, discusses pathways to successful entrepreneurship with an emphasis on clean tech and the necessity of moving to robust commercial solar and renewable energy sources. (February 23, 2011)
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6. Canada's Oil Sands, Warts and All (February 14, 2011)
Bob Skinner discusses the challenges facing the ever growing industry focused on extracting the vast oil sand resources of Canada touching on interwoven difficulties in economic, social and environmental terms. (February 14, 2011)
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5. Our Energy Future: Lessons from the Heartland (February 7, 2011)
Nancy Jackson discusses the efforts of the Climate and Energy Project in Kansas to implement broad social changes related to sustainable energy. (February 7, 2011)
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4. Solar Geoengineering as a Tool to Manage Climate Risks (January 31, 2011)
David Keith explores possibilities for the intentional alteration of Earth's radiation budget as a means to mitigate risks to Earth's climate and human society in the face of insufficient or ineffective emissions reduction efforts. (January 31, 2011)