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The Global Environmental Problems can be Solved: Preparing Elementary and Middle School
Students to Envision a Better Future.
• The Problem is Real
• The Problem is Huge
• The Problem Can be Solved
• What Elementary and Middle School Students Need to Know
Today’s Children Must Solve The Problem of Global Warming
• The Problem is Real
• The Problem is Huge
• The Problem Can be Solved
• What Elementary and Middle School Students Need to Know
World Annual Carbon Dioxide Emissions: 1980-2000
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/total.html#IntlCarbon
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The Rosetta Stone2100 Mt(C) = 1 ppmv(CO2)
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5600 GT carbon consumed = 80% of FF reserves.
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Today’s Children Must Solve The Problem of Global Warming
• The Problem is Real
• The Problem is Huge
• The Problem Can be Solved
• What Elementary and Middle School Students Need to Know
S500 Stabilization Scenario
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Today’s Children Must Solve The Problem of Global Warming
• The Problem is Real
• The Problem is Huge
• The Problem Can be Solved
• What Elementary and Middle School Students Need to Know
Carbon Mitigation Initiative at Princeton, 2001-2010
Carbon CaptureCarbon Capture
Carbon ScienceCarbon Science
Carbon StorageCarbon Storage
Carbon PolicyCarbon Policy
$20,100,000 funding from BP and Ford.
• Combustion: 2H2 + O2 = 2H2O + Energy
• Fuel Cell: 2H2 + O2 = 2H2O + Electricity
Biomass Energy
Conservation
Wind Energy
Solar Energy
Nuclear Fission
Enhance Natural Sinks
Nuclear Fusion
Reductions Required by 2050 = ~ 6 GT
Geologic Sequestration
3500 Algeria or Sleipner projects
@ 1 MT CO2/year
Leakage
(a) Global
(b) Local
Deep microbes
Nuclear 1500 1 GW power plants (5X current level)
Nuclear proliferation and terrorism, nuclear waste
Efficiency 8% of 2050 fossil BAU energy None
Wind
Solar
Biomass
Wind: 150 x current level
Solar: 2000 x current level.
Biomass: 200 x 106ha = US Agriculture
Wind: regional climate change?, NIMBY
Solar: None
Biomass: Biodiversity
Forest Sinks 250-500 x 106ha =
1X – 2X US Forest Area
Biodiversity
Mitigation Size of 1 GT Global Business Risk
Magic bullets after 2050: Fusion, solar CO2 CH3OH, solar splitting of water.
Today’s Children Must Solve The Problem of Global Warming
• The Problem is Real
• The Problem is Huge
• The Problem Can be Solved
• What Elementary and Middle School Students Need to Know
The Problem Is Real
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Years Since Abandonment
Indoor Alternative: Grow plants in pots, dry them in an oven, weigh them and divide by 2. This yields the carbon that came from the atmosphere. Multiply by 44/12 and you have the total mass of CO2 that was taken from the atmosphere.
On average a US citizen produces roughly 20 tons! of CO2
The CO2 that comes from your tailpipe weighs 3 times asmuch as the gasoline you put in.
The global average per capita production of CO2 is only 4 tons.
Personal carbon accounting. How much greenhouse gas is produced by your family’s car, by heating your house, by the electricity your family uses, by your school, etc.? How much do people in other cultures produce?
To prevent dangerous global warming, global production of CO2 must stabilize through 2050, and this means that US consumption must drop as other societies industrialize.
Global Warming:IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change):
http://www.ipcc.ch/
CMDL (Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory):
http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/
GFDL (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Home Page):
http://www.gfdl.gov/
NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research):
http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/ncar/
Hadley Centre:
http://www.met-office.gov.uk/research/hadleycentre/index.html
Fuel Cell Cars
Geologic Sequestration
Wind Power
Solar Power
Biomass Energy
Conservation
Nuclear Power
Solutions:
DOE – Kidspage:http://www.netl.doe.gov/coalpower/sequestration/kidspage/main.html
CMI (Carbon Mitigation Initiative)http://www.princeton.edu/~cmi/
Stanford GCEP website:http://gcep.stanford.edu/
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/Electrochemistry/doc/fuelcell.htmlhttp://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/97/fuelcel3.htmlhttp://ethics-www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2002/release_2002_94.htmlhttp://www.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/RT2000/5000/5830palaszewski1.htmlhttp://www.daimlerchrysler.com/index_e.htm?/news/top/1999/t90422a_e.htmhttp://www.autobytel.com/content/research/index.cfm?id=4;4&aid=90&action=showarticle
Geologic Sequestration: http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002NC/finalprogram/abstract_32351.htmhttp://www.netl.doe.gov/coalpower/sequestration/geologic.html
Bioenergy:http://www.eere.energy.gov/state_energy/tech_biomass.cfm?state=NJhttp://www.ott.doe.gov/rbep/organization.htmlhttp://weboflife.ksc.nasa.gov/currentResearch/currentResearchHardware/bpsAmes.htmhttp://www.ott.doe.gov/biofuels/http://www.ott.doe.gov/biofuels/history_of_biofuels.htmlhttp://www.ott.doe.gov/biofuels/links.htmlhttp://www.bioproducts-bioenergy.gov/http://www.ott.doe.gov/biofuels/environment.htmlhttp://bioenergy.ornl.gov/bfdpmain.htmlhttp://www.ott.doe.gov/biofuels/energy_security.html
Solar Energy:http://www.eere.energy.gov/state_energy/tech_solar.cfm?state=NJhttp://www.eere.energy.gov/state_energy/technology_overview.cfm?techid=1http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge2/applitech/spsolar.htmlhttp://www.solarquest.com/schoolhouse/Task.asp?id=1348http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar_decathlon/kids.html
Wind Energy:http://www.nrel.gov/clean_energy/wind.htmlhttp://www.eere.energy.gov/state_energy/tech_wind.cfm?state=NJhttp://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge2/applitech/renew.htmlhttp://www.buffalopix.com/windmills.htm
Nuclear Fission and Fusion:http://nepo.ne.doe.gov/page1.htmlhttp://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Snuclear.htmhttp://wwwofe.er.doe.gov/http://www.ofes.fusion.doe.gov/More_HTML/About%20Fusion.htmlhttp://www.ofes.fusion.doe.gov/Education.htmlhttp://fusedweb.pppl.gov/FusEdWeb-menu.htmlhttp://fusedweb.pppl.gov/FusEdWeb-home.html
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