The Continental SuperGrid concept for distribution of hydrogen and
electricity that we have aided and abetted is gaining attention.
An AP story in USA Today:
https://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2003-04-10-super-grid_x.htm
A Science Daily news item:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/03/030320073732.htm
The final report for the National Energy Supergrid workshop:
https://www.energy.ece.uiuc.edu/SuperGridReportFinal.pdf
We welcome Mark Stoeckle, MD as a Guest Investigator to the Program for the Human Environment. Dr. Stoeckle is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He will be working on the Census of Marine Life (CoML) and is presently helping to develop a DNA “barcode” for species identification. The goal of this project is to provide a practical method for identification of the estimated 10 million species of life on earth that can be used by CoML investigators, the general scientific community, and the interested public.
Research Intern Andrew Johnson moved to Washington, D.C. to join the State Department. He can still be reached through the Program for the Human Environment.
In its 21 February edition The Electricity Daily covered Jesse’s Capitol Hill talk about climate:
An article in the New Republic Magazine about hydrogen to fuel vehicles cites our work:
From our archive, we post a 1988 paper by Jesse, Arnulf Grübler, and Nebojsa Nakicenovic, titled Carbon Dioxide Emissions in a Methane Economy.
Expanding our online publication archive, PDF versions of the 1991 paper, “A Second Look at the Impacts of Climate Change,” as well a 1988 piece by Jesse and Robert Herman titled, “Cities and Infrastructure: Synthesis and Perspectives” are now both available.
The “Continental Supergrid” is a most exciting concept for new infrastructure for large-scale distribution of hydrogen and electricity. Jesse has helped the concept to develop, notably through a 5-7 November workshop in Palo Alto. Papers from the meeting will be available shortly. An excellent summary is available in PDF: https://phe.rockefeller.edu/PDF_FILES/SuperGridSummary.pdf
PHE helped convene a November 2002 reunion of participants in the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government (1988-1993). To read comments reflecting on the work of the Commission and a summary of the November meeting, visit CCSTG+10.
Adding to our digital archive, we post a PDF of a 1991 paper by Jesse titled “Rat Race Dynamics and Crazy Companies: Diffusion of Technologies and Social Behaviors.”