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Energy
For 200 years, the world has progressively lightened its energy diet by favoring hydrogen atoms over carbon in our hydrocarbon stew. Energy technologies succeed when economies of scale form part of their conditions of evolution. Like computers, to grow larger, the energy system must now shrink in size and cost. The successful decarbonization of the energy system, the key to the alleviation of numerous environmental problems, will ultimately depend on the use of pure hydrogen fuel produced from sources and processes that are carbon-free. Rapid evolution of the energy system along its current trajectory, combined with cultural change, can avert the environmental danger. We study long-term trajectories in the energy system and means to improve its performance.
Publications about Energy
1128 . Generations of methane (PDF) [external link]. EPRI J Summer: 2010 Generations of methane, methane, hydrogen
1123 . Natural gas and the jack rabbit (PDF). Representative American Speeches 2008-2009 - The Reference Shelf 81(6): 2009 Natural gas and the jack rabbit, Natural gas
0105 . Renewable and nuclear heresies (PDF). Int J Nucl Governance, Econ Ecol 1(3): 229-243, 2007 Renewable and nuclear heresies, nuclear, renewable, decarbonization, electricity, environmental impact, energy, nuclear power
0097 . Big green energy machines [external link]. The Industrial Physicist 10(5): 20-24, 2004 Big green energy machines, Energy, electric power, zepp, zero emissions power plant, carbon dioxide, co2, liquid hydrogen
0086 . The evolution of transport (PDF) [external link]. The Industrial Physicist 7(2): 20-24, 2001 The evolution of transport, maglev, energy, transportation
0081 . Where is energy going? (PDF) [external link]. The Industrial Physicist 6(1): 16-19, 2000 The essay had appeared in Italian in the special millennial edition of the Italian financial newspaper, Il Sole/24 Ore, on 17 November 1999; also in Italian as Benvenuti nel millennio nuclear, pp.163-168 in Duemila: Verso una societa aperta, M. Moussanet, ed., Il Sole 24 Ore, Milano, 2000.Where is energy going?, Energy, natural gas, nuclear, climate, emissions, carbon dioxide, co2, decarbonization
0068 . Toward green mobility: The evolution of transport. European Review 6(2): 143-162, 1998 Toward green mobility: The evolution of transport, maglev, transportation, energy, logistic substitution, time budgets
0062 . Elektron: Electrical systems in retrospect and prospect. Technological Trajectories and the Human Environment 110-134, 1997 Also appeared in Daedalus 125(3):139-169, Summer 1996.Elektron: Electrical systems in retrospect and prospect, energy, electric power
0046 . Technical progress and climatic change. Energy Policy 23(4/5): 411-416, 1995 Also pp. 501-512 in Integrated Assessment of Mitigation, Impacts, and Adaptation to Climate Change, N Nakicenovic, WD Nordhaus, R Richels, and FL Toth (eds), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, 1994.Technical progress and climatic change, climate, energy, natural gas, decarbonization, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, co2
0026 . Chernobyl after Perestroika: Reflections on a recent visit. Technology in Society 14: 187-198, 1992 Chernobyl after Perestroika: Reflections on a recent visit, nuclear power, soviet union
0020 . Political fallout: What fate awaits Chernobyl in the new world order? (PDF). The Sciences 81: 16-21, 1991 Political fallout: What fate awaits Chernobyl in the new world order? , nuclear power, soviet union
0019 . Energy and environment: The light path. Energy Systems and Policy 15: 181-188, 1991 Energy and environment: The light path, Energy, natural gas, nuclear, climate, emissions, carbon dioxide, co2
