Energy Consumption Waste sheldon bateman june 2012 Georgia Southern University 2 Energy Consumption Waste wtf! Social Economic Political Technical Environmental 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. Watts that? Watt is unit of power kW is 1,000 watts MW is 1,000 kW kW kWh Georgia Southern University 4 Energy Consumption Waste :) or :( Georgia Southern University 5 Energy Consumption Waste Georgia Southern University 6 Energy Consumption Waste Georgia Southern University 7 Energy Consumption Waste Georgia Southern University 8 Energy Consumption Waste Georgia Southern University 9 Energy Consumption Waste energy efficiency [quadrillion BTUs] 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 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 Georgia Southern University 12 Energy Consumption Waste consumption Georgia Southern University 13 Energy Consumption Waste consumption 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 fyieverything is dirty Georgia Southern University 15 Energy Consumption Waste consumption 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 Georgia Southern University 17 Energy Consumption Waste nuclear in the news Georgia Southern University 18 Energy Consumption Waste nuclear in the news 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 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 consumption graphs -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 -georgia power -emission calculator -life-cycle emissions -life-cycle emissions -life-cycle emissions - fti.neep.wisc.edu/pdf/fdm1181.pdffti.neep.wisc.edu/pdf/fdm1181.pdf usage scenario -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 -another usage scenario -appliances -propaganda AJC -uranium independence -uranium independence -uranium independence -quad graphic - https://eed.llnl.govhttps://eed.llnl.gov sheldon bateman Georgia Southern University 21 Energy Consumption Waste reference