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Searching for Limits – Stability for a Distant Future

Posted on January 24, 2017 by climatechangefork

I am finishing this blog on Friday, January 20th – Inauguration Day for our new president. I didn’t recognize the country that he described in his acceptance speech. Nevertheless, I wish him – and all of us – the best. … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change, COP21, Election, IPCC, Sustainability | Tagged #MakeAmericaGreatAgain, Adaptation, Affluence, Anthropocene, business as usual, calculus, Carrying Capacity, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Coal, COP21, Democratization, Desalination, Donald Trump, Economics, Education, Election, Electricity, Emissions, End of Now, Energy, energy intensity, energy mix, energy transition, Environment, epidemic, Equilibrium, Exponential Growth, Fertility Rate, Fertility Replacement Rate, Fossil Fuels, Future, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Growth, impact, indicator, interest rate, IPAT, IPCC, limit, livability, Logistic Growth, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Oil, opportunity, Physical Environment, Physics, Population, Population Density, Power, Power Plants, saturation, scenario, Science, sea level, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, tumor, UN, US, Wealth, wealth distribution, World Population | 3 Comments

COP21- Anticipations

Posted on December 22, 2015 by climatechangefork

The COP21 meeting is over, as is my student’s final exam, 60% of which depended on an evaluation of the conference. What’s next for my students and the world at large? My class material for next semester will answer the … Continue reading →

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COP21 and Paris – Evaluation of Commitments

Posted on November 17, 2015 by climatechangefork

Two weeks ago, through this blog, I was “on my way” to Paris. I wish I could actually be there (see the last two paragraphs for my sentiments on Friday’s terrorist attack and its ramifications); I like the city, I … Continue reading →

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Back to Sustainable Energy Transition: Scenarios and Progress

Posted on October 28, 2014 by climatechangefork

The IPCC’s original charge is as follows: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change. It was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, AR4, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Climatic Change, disaster, DNNer, Economics, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, IPCC, Media, Mitigation, News, Policy, policy makers, RCP, RCPs, reports, Research, scenario, Science, SRES, summary, surface temperature, Sustainability, TAR, Temperature, UN, UNEP, United Nations, WMO | 2 Comments

Back to the Sustainable Energy Transition: The Physics of Sustainability and Some Tweets About it.

Posted on October 21, 2014 by climatechangefork

In the last blog I strongly advocated simplifying the conversation about climate change, focusing on how we can get from the present “business as usual” scenario to an “environmentally friendly” scenario that will not result in an environment inhospitable to … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, business as usual, Capacity, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Cost, David MacKay, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy generation, energy return on investment, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, enery density, Environment, EROI, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, IPCC, John Morgan, Mitigation, MRS, Oil, Physics, Power, Power Plants, Renewable, scenario, Science, Solar Energy, Storage, Storage Capacity, Sustainability, Technology, Twitter | 2 Comments

Make it Simple, Please!

Posted on October 14, 2014 by climatechangefork

Many years ago, I was invited to a small gathering of scientists that did work on solar cells. The invitation came from the Department of Energy (DOE), which coordinates funding to these projects. The conference was focused on creating a … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, business as usual, Climate Change, Climate Change Fork, DOE, Education, Energy, Environment, Fifth IPCC Report, Fork, Global Temperature, graph, IPCC, language, march, People's Clilmate March, peoplesclimate, policy makers, poster, Prediction, Report, scenario, Science, Sea-Level Rise, Skeptical Science, Temperature | 3 Comments

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Searching for Limits – Stability for a Distant Future

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