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GLOBAL ENERGY ISSUES AND ALTERNATE FUELING Robert C. Hendricks National Aeronautics and Space Administration Glenn Research Center Cleveland, Ohio National Aeronautics and Space Administration www.nasa.gov Global Energy Issues and Alternate Fueling R.C. Hendricks NASA –GRC 2006 NASA Seal/Secondary Air System Workshop November 14-15, 2006 OAI Cleveland OH 44152 NASA/CP—2007-214995/VOL1 83 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20080003828 2020-07-22T16:20:09+00:00Z

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Page 1: Global Energy Issues and Alternate Fueling · Global Energy Sector Response (cont’d) ¾Nobel Laurent Prof. Richard E. Smalley (2005) proposed • six 3.3 TW-year solar energy sites

GLOBAL ENERGY ISSUES AND ALTERNATE FUELING

Robert C. Hendricks National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Glenn Research Center Cleveland, Ohio

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

www.nasa.gov

Global Energy Issues and Alternate Fueling

R.C. HendricksNASA –GRC

2006 NASA Seal/Secondary Air System Workshop November 14-15, 2006

OAI Cleveland OH 44152

NASA/CP—2007-214995/VOL1 83

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20080003828 2020-07-22T16:20:09+00:00Z

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US

Use

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out 1

00 Q

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year

(1 Q

= 1

015

Btu

)W

orld

Ene

rgy

Use

: ab

out 4

33 Q

/yr

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iona

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and

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US

Ren

ewab

le E

nerg

y ab

out 6

%

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iona

l Aer

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and

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min

istra

tion

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Nuc

lear

Cou

ld G

row

: Has

Leg

acy

Pro

blem

s

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l Aer

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and

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min

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Ene

rgy

Sou

rces

Prim

arily

Non

Ren

ewab

leH

ydro

carb

on

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iona

l Aer

onau

tics

and

Spac

e Ad

min

istra

tion

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Not

es

•M

ost r

enew

able

ene

rgy

: w

ood

and

hydr

opow

er•

Sm

all w

ind,

sol

ar a

nd n

ucle

ar•

Sta

gnan

t nuc

lear

gro

wth

, gro

win

g m

assi

ve p

robl

em

with

agi

ng re

acto

r shu

tdow

n w

aste

s an

d co

sts.

Lon

g le

ad ti

me

star

tup

issu

es•

Wor

ld E

nerg

y so

urce

s pr

imar

ily h

ydro

carb

on•

US

: 76%

Hyd

roca

rbon

s on

ly 6

% re

new

able

E

nerg

y di

strib

uted

by

4 se

ctor

s (tr

ansp

orta

tion,

in

dust

rial,

resi

dent

ial/c

omm

erci

al, e

lect

ric)

•28

% U

S e

nerg

y is

tran

spor

tatio

n en

ergy

, 98%

of

whi

ch c

omes

from

pet

role

um

•H

ydro

carb

ons

emis

sion

s m

easu

red

as C

O2

•Fu

els

have

maj

or im

pact

on

airc

raft

desi

gn a

nd u

se

NASA/CP—2007-214995/VOL1 88

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iona

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and

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tion

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Alte

rnat

e Fu

els

Effe

ct A

ircra

ft D

esig

n

Etha

nol

Hyd

roge

n

ICA

S-20

06-5

.8.2

/ N

ASA

TM

-200

6-21

4365

15%

mor

e en

ergy

use

(500

nm

imis

sion

)[ 2

6% o

n 3k

nm

imis

sion

]

28%

mor

e en

ergy

use

(500

nm

imis

sion

)[ 2

% o

n 3k

mni

mis

sion

]

NASA/CP—2007-214995/VOL1 89

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Not

es•

Alte

rnat

e fu

elin

g in

volv

es tr

ade-

offs

in a

ircra

ft de

sign

s•

Ren

ewab

le e

than

ol fu

el re

quire

s la

rger

eng

ines

and

w

ings

and

15%

and

26%

mor

e fu

el (t

han

Jet A

) for

50

0 na

utic

al m

ile (n

mi)

and

3000

nm

imis

sion

s.•

Hyd

roge

n (li

quid

fuel

) pro

vide

s fo

r sm

alle

r eng

ines

an

d w

ings

yet

requ

ires

28%

and

2%

mor

e fu

el (t

han

Jet A

) for

500

nau

tical

mile

and

300

0 nm

imis

sion

s.•

New

Log

istic

s an

d su

ppor

t sys

tem

s re

quire

d•

Airc

raft

desi

gner

s se

ekin

g dr

op in

fuel

s su

itabl

e fo

r bo

th n

ew a

nd le

gacy

airc

raft

•Fu

el li

ne s

ealin

g be

com

es m

ajor

issu

e to

be

reso

lved

ev

en fo

r Fis

cher

Tro

pisc

h(F

T) h

ydro

carb

on fu

els

•A

ltern

ate

fuel

s as

eth

anol

, bio

dies

elbe

com

e ar

able

la

nd in

tens

ive

( foo

d or

fuel

issu

es )

NASA/CP—2007-214995/VOL1 90

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Con

vent

iona

l-Bio

mas

s Is

sue

-Foo

d or

Fue

l ?

Ara

ble

land

ICA

S-20

06-5

.8.2

/ N

ASA

TM

-200

6-21

4365

NASA/CP—2007-214995/VOL1 91

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l Aer

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tics

and

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Alte

rnat

e fu

els

mus

t be

envi

ronm

enta

lly b

enig

n

ICA

S-20

06-5

.8.2

/ N

ASA

TM

-200

6-21

4365

(with

out C

O2

sequ

estr

atio

n)

Goo

d

NASA/CP—2007-214995/VOL1 92

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iona

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tics

and

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min

istra

tion

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Not

es

•G

erm

any

man

date

d 5.

75%

bio

dies

elbl

ends

yet

mus

t im

port

from

Bra

zil t

o m

eet d

eman

d•

To m

eet a

nnua

l die

sel d

eman

d re

quire

s 4X

Ger

man

ar

able

land

( no

t a p

ract

ical

way

)•

Em

issi

ons

depe

nd o

n m

etho

ds fo

r gen

erat

ing

Alte

rnat

e Fu

els

: Hyd

roge

n fro

m c

oal p

rodu

ces

3.5

x C

O2

than

Jet

-fuel

, yet

hyd

roge

n as

an

alte

rnat

e ai

rcra

ft fu

el p

rodu

ces

negl

igib

le C

O2

emis

sion

s ( b

ut

wat

er m

ay b

ecom

e a

prob

lem

)•

Jet-f

uel f

rom

coa

l (e.

g., S

asol

pro

cess

) pro

duce

s 1.

6X J

et-fu

el fr

om p

etro

leum

-CO

2em

issi

ons

•W

orld

em

issi

ons

are

incr

easi

ng w

ith h

ydro

carb

on u

se

NASA/CP—2007-214995/VOL1 93

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min

istra

tion

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Wor

ld C

arbo

n (C

O2)

Em

issi

ons

Pro

blem

http

://w

ww

.eia

.doe

.gov

/em

eu/a

er/p

df/p

ages

/sec

11_3

8.pd

f

NASA/CP—2007-214995/VOL1 94

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tics

and

Spac

e Ad

min

istra

tion

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Pla

net C

hang

ing

Em

issi

ons

Han

sen,

J.,

Can

We

Still

Avo

id

Dan

gero

us H

uman

-Mad

e C

limat

e C

hang

e?, W

orld

Sci

ence

For

um,

New

Yor

k, N

Y, 9

Nov

embe

r 20

06

Not

e Sc

ale

Cha

nge

kyr

Climate Forcing Emissions

kyr

NASA/CP—2007-214995/VOL1 95

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min

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tion

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Jim

Han

sen’

s G

loba

l War

min

g W

arni

ngs

A: E

xpon

entia

l GH

G, C

: Dra

stic

em

issi

ons c

urta

ilmen

t, B

: Mos

t pla

usib

le (c

lose

to r

eal w

orld

)

BA

U“B

usin

ess-

as-U

sual

”(b

etw

een

A &

B) a

nd A

S“A

ltern

ate-

Scen

ario

”(s

imila

r to

C)

Han

sen,

J., S

ato,

M.,

Rue

dy, R

. Lo,

K.,

Lea,

D.W

., M

edin

a-El

izad

e, M

.; G

loba

l Tem

pera

ture

Cha

nge,

PN

AS

Sept

. 26,

200

6, V

ol. 1

03, N

o. 3

9, p

p 14

288-

1429

3.

http

://pu

bs.g

iss.n

asa.

gov/

docs

/200

6/20

06_H

anse

n_et

al_1

.pdf

: ac

cess

ed 2

5 Se

ptem

ber 2

006

T Ear

th-s

urfa

ce≈

1ºC

of T

max

of p

ast 1

06ye

ars

ΔTE

arth

-sur

face

= 0.

2 ºC

/dec

ade

for p

ast 3

0 ye

ars

Earth

war

min

g +1

ºC re

lativ

e to

yea

r 200

0 im

plie

sda

nger

ous c

limat

e ch

ange

, bas

is: l

ikel

y ef

fect

s of

sea-

leve

l cha

nges

, ex

term

inat

ion

of sp

ecie

s

NASA/CP—2007-214995/VOL1 96

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iona

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tics

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Not

es

•80

kyr c

ycle

s fo

r CO

2an

d C

H4

emis

sion

s ar

e dw

arfe

d by

thos

e fro

m 1

860’

s on

war

d to

pre

sent

tim

e•

Clim

ate

forc

ing

Gre

enho

use

Gas

es a

nd Ic

e S

heet

s go

han

d in

han

d ( c

ompa

re th

e cy

cle

perio

ds )

Ice

heat

of f

usio

n fa

ctor

in p

lane

t the

rmal

resp

onse

Met

rics

for D

ange

rous

Cha

nge

in p

lane

t Ear

th

sour

ces

of d

ata

used

to d

eter

min

e pl

anet

sec

urity

al

ert [

(Pla

nt, A

nim

al),

(Ice,

Sea

Lev

el),

Clim

ate

]•

Ext

inct

ion

does

not

nec

essa

rily

mea

n hu

man

, but

co

uld

: Sea

floo

r, ic

e, p

erm

afro

st, s

tabi

lity

issu

es•

Bus

ines

s as

usu

al (B

AU

) is

not a

n ac

cept

able

sc

enar

io a

s it

impa

cts

land

sur

face

and

oce

an

tem

pera

ture

s w

hich

in tu

rn im

pact

s pl

anet

sta

bilit

y

NASA/CP—2007-214995/VOL1 97

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iona

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istra

tion

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Gas

Hyd

rate

s (C

lath

rate

s), S

olar

& B

iom

ass

Loca

tions

ΔTE

arth

War

min

gm

ost p

reva

lent

in N

orth

ern

Hem

isph

ere

http

://w

ww

.net

l.doe

.gov

/scn

go/N

atur

alG

as/h

ydra

tes/

data

bank

/Hyd

Loca

tions

.htm

NASA/CP—2007-214995/VOL1 98

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Glo

bal E

nerg

y S

ecto

r Res

pons

e

Bio

tic th

eory

petro

leum

(fos

sil):

lim

its re

serv

es p

erha

ps 5

0 ye

ars

Abi

otic

theo

ryhy

droc

arbo

n fo

rmat

ion

supp

orts

con

tinuo

us o

il fo

rmat

ion

deep

with

in e

arth

man

tle: n

o fin

ite b

ound

s

Gla

cier

ed ic

e m

elts

, ris

e in

oce

an te

mpe

ratu

res a

nd o

cean

leve

lsim

pact

s sta

bilit

y of

met

hane

hyd

rate

s, oc

ean

floor

s, th

e co

asta

lin

dust

rial a

nd a

viat

ion

com

plex

and

spec

ie su

rviv

al

Met

hane

rele

ase

(10

to 2

0 tim

es m

ore

detri

men

tal t

han

CO

2)

NASA/CP—2007-214995/VOL1 99

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iona

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Not

es•

Met

hane

hyd

rate

s su

rrou

nd th

e A

mer

icas

and

Jap

an c

oast

al re

gion

san

d ar

e di

strib

uted

in th

e pe

rmaf

rost

regi

ons

of th

e N

orth

ern

Hem

isph

ere

( and

may

be p

erva

sive

els

ewhe

re ?

) •

Met

hane

hyd

rate

s ar

e de

ep in

the

ocea

n or

per

maf

rost

[150

m to

13

50m

] and

are

ext

ensi

ve, b

ut s

hallo

wer

or d

eepe

r in

the

Ear

th, t

hey

beco

me

gase

ous

as th

e te

mpe

ratu

re-p

ress

ure

will

not s

uppo

rt cl

athr

ate

or ic

e ca

ge s

truct

ure.

•A

t pre

sent

geo

logi

cal t

ime

met

hane

hyd

rate

s ar

e st

able

to m

argi

nally

st

able

with

in ro

ck li

ke s

truct

ures

or d

omes

on

ocea

n flo

or o

r per

maf

rost

re

gion

s•

Cur

rent

min

ing

(met

hane

reco

very

) is

by w

arm

ing

the

hydr

ate

or d

rillin

g th

roug

h a

gas

dom

e of

unk

now

n pr

essu

re [

maj

or s

ealin

g is

sues

]•

BA

U-G

loba

l war

min

g w

ill e

vent

ually

rele

ase

met

hane

whi

ch is

10

to 2

0tim

es w

orse

than

CO

2as

a g

reen

hous

e ga

s•

Met

hane

Hyd

rate

Sta

bilit

y Im

pact

s O

cean

Flo

or S

tabi

lity

Oce

an F

loor

Sta

bilit

y D

isas

ter E

xam

ple:

620

0BC

, 400

0 (k

m)3

slid

e of

f N

orw

ay s

ent 1

5m ts

unam

i to

Sco

tland

and

90

000

(km

)2m

uddy

mid

-A

tlant

ic o

cean

(nea

r sho

re re

side

nts

and

aqua

tic li

fe p

roba

bly

wou

ld n

ot h

ave

surv

ived

)

http

://w

ww

.dis

cove

r.com

/issu

es/m

ar-0

4/co

ver/?

page

=5(a

cces

s 13

Nov

06)

NASA/CP—2007-214995/VOL1 100

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Nat

iona

l Aer

onau

tics

and

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e Ad

min

istra

tion

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Glo

bal E

nerg

y S

ecto

r Res

pons

e (c

ont’d

)

Nob

el L

aure

nt P

rof.

Ric

hard

E. S

mal

ley

(200

5) p

ropo

sed

•six

3.3

TW

-yea

r sol

ar e

nerg

y si

tes w

ould

mee

t ene

rgy

dem

ands

of a

ll na

tions

(TW

= 1

012W

) {m

ap sq

uare

s}

•100

km x

100

km

site

10.

6 kW

-hou

rs/m

2 /day

at 1

0% so

lar

cell

effic

ienc

y an

d 50

yea

r life

•$3.

50/W

($30

0/m

2 ) to

$1/

W ($

90/m

2 ) [1

0% c

ells

]•3

.3 T

W-y

ear P

V c

ost (

$1

to $

3 tri

llion

) or

8.

5% <

[PV

-Cos

t]/G

DP(

2001

) < 2

5.5%

(U

S G

DP

$11

.75

trill

ion)

Oil

& G

as in

dust

ry $

6 tri

llion

: En

ergy

Indu

stry

$16

trilli

on,

capi

tal i

nves

tmen

tal

gae

beds

(20k

gal-b

iodi

esel

/acr

e/yr

) 20

X S

mal

ley

site

.C

an u

se b

rack

ish

or fr

esh

wat

er, p

ond

or c

olum

n sy

stem

s

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Alte

rnat

ive

Ren

ewab

les

•A

ltern

ativ

e R

enew

able

Ene

rgy

Sou

rces

Sol

ar W

ind.

D

iffus

e ye

t per

vasi

ve; c

an s

uppl

y A

LL g

loba

l ene

rgy

•La

rge

land

are

as re

quire

d m

ostly

des

ert t

ype

whe

re

sola

r is

prev

alen

t (se

e sq

uare

s on

figu

re)

•R

equi

re le

ss la

nd th

an A

lgae

Far

ms

grow

ing

in fr

esh

or b

rack

ish

wat

ers

(pon

ds/c

olum

ns) c

an c

aptu

re C

O2

•Le

ss e

xpen

sive

than

pur

suit

of p

etro

leum

yet

requ

ires

will

of p

eopl

e of

Ear

th to

hap

pen

•R

enew

able

, diff

usiv

e P

V a

nd W

ind

ener

gy s

ourc

es

are

grow

ing

in E

urop

e

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and

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nerg

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ecto

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pons

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oncl

)

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iona

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and

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Stra

tosp

heric

Sul

fur I

njec

tion

Glo

bal C

oolin

g S

witc

h

•“P

ollu

tion

parti

cles

affe

ct h

ealth

and

lead

to m

ore

than

500

,000

pre

mat

ure

deat

hs p

er y

ear

wor

ldw

ide.

Thr

ough

aci

d pr

ecip

itatio

n an

d de

posi

tion

SO

2 an

d su

lfate

s al

so c

ause

var

ious

ki

nds

of e

colo

gica

l dam

age”

Pau

l J. C

rutz

en(N

obel

Lau

reat

e)

•C

rutz

en’s

clim

ate

engi

neer

ing

invo

lves

Inje

ctio

n of

1-2

Tg

S (

1 T

gram

= 1

09ki

logr

am)

SO

2 an

d su

lfate

s fo

rmed

refle

ct in

cide

nt s

olar

, coo

ling

plan

et

Yet

con

side

r the

se is

sues

.•

Rea

son

for S

rem

oval

R

educ

e pr

emat

ure

deat

hs -

hum

an a

nd a

nim

al

Alle

viat

e ac

id ra

ins

that

des

troy

fore

sts

–pl

ant m

atte

r

•In

crea

sing

S d

ecre

ases

bio

mat

terC

O2

abso

rptio

n In

crea

sing

CO

2 in

crea

ses

GH

G w

arm

ing,

requ

iring

mor

e S

rele

ase

?

•“T

he v

ery

best

wou

ld b

e if

emis

sion

s of

the

gree

nhou

se g

ases

cou

ld b

e re

duce

d so

muc

h th

at th

e st

rato

sphe

ric s

ulfu

r rel

ease

exp

erim

ent w

ould

not

nee

d to

take

pla

ce. C

urre

ntly

, thi

s lo

oks

like

a pi

ous

wis

h.”P

aul J

. Cru

tzen

(Nob

el L

aure

ate)

•Ex

perim

ents

are

to p

rove

con

cept

s -

outc

ome

unce

rtain

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Not

es

•C

rutz

en’s

clim

ate

engi

neer

ing

invo

lves

str

atos

pher

ic in

ject

ion

of 1

-2 T

gS

over

1-2

ye

ar p

lane

tary

(coo

ling/

war

min

g sw

itch)

Estim

ated

cos

ts a

re $

25B

-$50

B p

er in

ject

ion;

no

cost

bas

is p

rovi

ded.

Ant

hrop

ogen

etic

effe

cts

are

impl

ied

heat

/coo

l con

trol

, yet

unk

now

nIm

plic

atio

n of

pla

net c

ycle

lag

resp

onse

tim

e co

uld

prov

e as

ext

inct

ion

spira

l.

Fres

hwat

er a

dditi

on a

nd d

ilutio

n of

nor

ther

n (s

outh

ern)

oce

an s

alin

ity “

stal

ls”

war

m

equa

toria

l cur

rent

driv

ers

and

alte

r bio

mas

s pr

oduc

tion

in o

cean

and

cost

al a

reas

. H

atun

et a

l., C

urry

et a

l., re

alcl

imat

e.or

g: G

loba

l war

min

g tu

rns

Glo

bal c

oolin

g.

Polic

y m

aker

s En

ergy

opt

ions

-m

aint

ain

busi

ness

as

usua

l (B

AU

), al

tern

ate

scen

ario

(A

C),

inve

stin

g in

sol

ar fa

rms

prov

ide

long

and

sho

rt te

rm e

nerg

y. O

n th

ese

issu

es a

ll lif

e fo

rms

are

invo

lved

; no

one,

incl

udin

g po

licy

mak

ers

will

be

exem

pt.

Soci

al p

olic

y op

tion,

max

imiz

e pr

ofit

or h

ow m

any

lifte

d fr

om p

over

ty, E

nerg

y po

licy

optio

n 6

sola

r sta

tions

sup

ply

wor

ld e

nerg

y de

man

d [ p

olic

y op

tions

of N

obel

La

urea

tes,

Muh

amm

ad Y

unus

(soc

ial)

and

Ric

hard

Sm

alle

y (g

loba

l ene

rgy)

]

Cru

tzen

, P.J

. (20

06) A

lbed

oen

hanc

emen

t by

stra

tosp

heric

sul

fur i

njec

tions

: A c

ontr

ibut

ion

to re

solv

e a

polic

y di

lem

ma?

, An

Edito

rial

Essa

y, C

limat

ic C

hang

e 77

(3-4

), A

ug ,

pp 2

11-2

19.

Hat

unH

., Sa

ndø

A.B

, Dra

nge

H.,

Han

sen

B. &

Val

dim

arss

onH

. (20

05) '

Inlfu

ence

of th

e A

tlant

ic S

ubpo

larG

yre

on th

e Th

erm

oclin

eC

ircul

atio

n', S

cien

ce, v

ol30

9, 1

841-

1844

Cur

ry R

. & M

aurt

izen

C. (

2005

) 'D

ilutio

n of

the

Nor

ther

n N

orth

Atla

ntic

Oce

an in

Rec

ent D

ecad

es',

Scie

nce,

vol

308,

177

2-17

74ht

tp://

ww

w.re

alcl

imat

e.or

g/in

dex.

php/

arch

ives

/200

5/10

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tier-

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Pot

entia

l Glo

bal E

nerg

y S

ecto

r Res

pons

e

1. R

emov

e un

stab

le m

etha

ne h

ydra

te s

ourc

es b

efor

esp

onta

neou

s re

leas

e du

e to

clim

ate

chan

ges,

con

vert

to u

sefu

l ene

rgy

(wor

k). S

eque

ster

CO

2(C

arbo

n),

spen

t wel

l inj

ectio

n? C

lath

rate

s? P

lant

s ?

Oth

er u

se?

2. M

ove

tow

ard

effic

ient

diff

use-

ener

gy c

olle

ctio

n,

conv

ersi

on, s

tora

ge, t

rans

mis

sion

sys

tem

s3.

Incr

ease

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y us

e, s

olar

, win

d, a

lgae

bio

(gen

eral

) bot

h la

nd a

nd a

ir po

wer

sys

tem

s4.

Dec

reas

e hy

droc

arbo

n (“

foss

il”or

abi

otic

)de

pend

ence

(shi

ft fro

m B

AU

to A

S )

5. M

onito

r sho

relin

e de

pend

ence

on

glob

al c

limat

icch

ange

s w

ith a

ttend

ant r

espo

nse.

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New

Sea

ling

and

Flui

d Fl

ow C

halle

nges

From

tapp

ing

and

capp

ing

hydr

ate

dom

es to

synt

hetic

“d

rop-

in”

fuel

s in

lega

cy a

ircra

ft, a

long

with

synt

hetic

and

bi

o fu

els p

rodu

ctio

n, tr

ansm

issi

on, s

tora

ge a

nd u

se in

tra

nspo

rtatio

n an

d gr

ound

bas

ed p

ower

indu

strie

s, se

alin

g an

d se

cond

ary

flow

s rem

ain

key

issu

es to

thei

r suc

cess

Diff

eren

t typ

e of

seal

ing

issu

es

Sequ

este

ring

and

sequ

este

red

emis

sion

s

Dee

p w

ell i

njec

tion

and

sea-

bed

rete

ntio

n an

d st

abili

ty

FT a

nd b

io fu

els m

ater

ials

com

patib

ility

Inte

rfac

e co

atin

gs, n

anop

artic

ulat

es, c

atal

ytic

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