Everyone PoopsEveryone Poops

What is this Energy What is this Energy Conversion All About?Conversion All About?

BUY YOUR BUY YOUR READING PACKETREADING PACKET

Let’s Stop the MythLet’s Stop the Myth

Plug-in cars are NOT Plug-in cars are NOT carbon/emissions free.carbon/emissions free.

Where does the electricity come Where does the electricity come from?from?

Coal?Coal? Possibly betterPossibly better

The TED teamThe TED team

Carbon sequestrationCarbon sequestration Pump carbon dioxide into the ground Pump carbon dioxide into the ground

into old mines.into old mines. Pump it into the oceanPump it into the ocean

Norgaard: No large experiments Norgaard: No large experiments Time scaleTime scale Size Size

A Fun Chapter to WriteA Fun Chapter to Write

Have fun reading itHave fun reading it Organizing energy into useful workOrganizing energy into useful work Jacobs Conduit ModelJacobs Conduit Model

Capture, use and reuse and recycle Capture, use and reuse and recycle before it is lostbefore it is lost

The relationship between energy and The relationship between energy and mattermatter

InputsOutputs

The ConduitImportsRaw Materials

Energy

Waste

Exports

Jacobs’ Conduit

Use, reuse, recycle

Stretching

Tinkering

Economics Is All AboutEconomics Is All About

CostsCosts Relative PricesRelative Prices ProfitsProfits Full PricingFull Pricing

Consider the Basics of HumansConsider the Basics of Humans

Humans eat food and convert some Humans eat food and convert some of the energy into mechanical workof the energy into mechanical work

Roughly 20% of the intake Roughly 20% of the intake cancan become mechanical workbecome mechanical work

Thus, each Kcal of work must Thus, each Kcal of work must generate 5Kcal of food energygenerate 5Kcal of food energy

Less produces a lossLess produces a loss More provides profit More provides profit

New GuineaNew Guinea

Agriculture provides 15Kcal for each Agriculture provides 15Kcal for each expended Kcalexpended Kcal Sweet potato, taro, cassava, yam and Sweet potato, taro, cassava, yam and

bananabanana Yeah, sing and dance timeYeah, sing and dance time

AZ WatermelonsAZ Watermelons It takes 2049 Kcal to produce 37 Kcal of It takes 2049 Kcal to produce 37 Kcal of

watermelons!watermelons! 11 gallons of water as well11 gallons of water as well

I Was Most SurprisedI Was Most Surprised

You were asked to spend the long You were asked to spend the long weekend being energy awareweekend being energy aware

On a piece of paper write out a On a piece of paper write out a comment:comment:

I was most surprised that I converted I was most surprised that I converted energy when I ________________.energy when I ________________.

3 minutes3 minutes

Team OneTeam One How did we get into this mess?How did we get into this mess? Understanding the current energy Understanding the current energy

matrixmatrix OilOil CoalCoal NukesNukes Wood gatheringWood gathering

These markets are the foundation of These markets are the foundation of the modern global economy and will the modern global economy and will continue to serve this function for continue to serve this function for at at least least the next few decadesthe next few decades

Team TwoTeam Two

AdaptationAdaptation HealthHealth Food, Fiber and Forest ProductsFood, Fiber and Forest Products Pick some topicsPick some topics http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-w

g2.htm

Team ThreeTeam Three

MitigationMitigation Housing and BuildingsHousing and Buildings TransportationTransportation Pick some topicsPick some topics http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-w

g3.htm

Pick a CornerPick a Corner

Team One: Back LeftTeam One: Back Left Team Two: Front RightTeam Two: Front Right Team Three: Middle RightTeam Three: Middle Right Whose left and right? Whose left and right?