California Energy and Global Warming
Dennis Silverman
Global Warming and CO2 Emission
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Coal fired plants, which produce half of the electricity
in the country, emit more CO2 per megawatt than do natural gas plants.
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Natural gas emission is 14 Mt (Metric tons of carbon)/Billion
BTU, crude oil is 20, and coal is 26.
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A northeast household emits 5 tons of CO2 or 1.3
tons of carbon per year.
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The US emits 5.5 billion tons of CO2/year or 20 tons
of CO2/capita/year.
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World CO2 emissions in 1990 were 21 billion tons/year.
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Total US energy usage is about 100 Quads or 10^17
BTU/year.
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Total
World energy usage is about 300 Quads.
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Since Pat Robertson says that we exhale CO2, so what
can you do about it, I calculated that all human body energy production
is only about 1/10 of world energy consumption, so we are concerned about
the 10 times more CO2 that we produce in energy consumption than in breathing.
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One-eighth of California's power comes from coal-fired
plants in Utah, Nevada, and the Great Basin. (LA Times, March 14, p. A11)
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President Bush says his campaign promise to reduce
CO2 emission was a mistake, since it is not an official pollutant.
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He wants government funding to replace old dirty
coal-burning plants.
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His budget reduces energy conservation and renewables
research by 30%.
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Global Warming
Links (Canada)
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Global Warming
Links
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NY
Times Coverage of the Climate Change Science Report
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Climate
Change Science Report by the National Research Council This report
was chaired by UCI Chancellor Ralph Cicerone, and included UCI Nobel Laureate
F. Sherwood Rowland. It was commissioned by the Bush Administration.
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Climate Change
Science, the NAS Report
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Chancellor
Cicerone's interview on PBS Newshour
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IGCC) Report
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President
Bush's June 11 Talk on Global Warming
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One thing not included in this talk was a proposal to apply the same emission
standards to SUVs as to automobiles. According to the LA Times editorial
of June 10, this would bring us half-way to meeting the Kyoto standard.
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EPA Global Warming Site