Dedicated to achieving Bucky Fuller's goal of a worldwide power grid. "Research shows that the premier global strategy is the interconnection of electric power networks between regions and continents into a global energy grid, with an emphasis on tapping abundant renewable energy resources — a world wide web of electricity."

geodata on renewable energy

Housing sqftge from the Energy Info Administration.

Central city residents produce far less carbon than suburbanites, Californian cities have small carbon footprints. Development restrictions are higher in metro areas with lower carbon footprints. More towers in SF, SJ, SD, LA, less development in ATL, TX, etc. Glaeser is lukewarm to a carbon tax, but his proposal mixes (inter)national policy and local implementation, which is unrealistic. Carbon tax seems a good way to go.

oil execs want carbon tax, not cap-and-trade.

Visualization of energy flows by type and sector, including used and lost energy. "Lost energy" in transportation is about equal to petroleum imports.

Relying on Middle Eastern oil will be an economic and political disaster! Start building smaller and more efficient cars & public transit.
If only.

Transport gets more expensive -> production moves closer to consumption

"Requiring nothing but abundant, non-toxic natural materials, this discovery could unlock the most potent, carbon-free energy source of all: the sun... Developed a process that uses the sun's energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gases. Later, the oxygen and hydrogen may be recombined inside a fuel cell, creating carbon-free electricity to power your house or your electric car, day or night."

Let's name this phenomenon: shamemapping. Slavin was onto something.

"Climate scientists: only [keeping GHG conc.] below ~450ppm can prevent major climatic consequences. IPCC draft says keeping [them] at this level could cost <=3% of GDP. ... 'Probability for achieving 450ppm in ... the world as it now: almost impossible'"

$olar power

Auto: 1,860; Bus:920; Rail:885; Foot:100; Bicycle:35 (a little specificity would be nice, but it's the web, a'ight)

"Deal With Reality or Reality Will Deal With You"

"1% of the world's energy supply is used for it, it sustains roughly 40% of the population. Billions of people would not even exist without it."

Thanks for all that energy, BP!

"sustainable energy future is possible - can return soaring energy-related CO2 emissions to today’s levels by 2050 and halve the expected growth in both oil and electricity demand" not good enough, technocrats.

harder to find via casual googling than I would have thought. (LULUCF = Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry)

harder to find via casual googling than I would have thought. (cdiac = Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, part of the DOE)

Socolow/Pacala paper on climate stabilization

"We use about one-sixth of our electricity to cool ourselves. That's more than the total electricity consumption of India, a country whose population exceeds 1 billion."

valvoline, gasoline, all the ones in between: more on the oil we eat. via estee.

various projections for global carbon intensity of energy use. beautiful chart

carbon neutral arch by 2030

sweet little wind turbine. Another version by UIC students was up on the Sears Tower a few years ago. payback time (in UK) is 15+ years - bit long. via pruned

"Climate science from climate scientists."

awesome charts... love it.

raw data on CO2, fossil fuels, agri production

This is a great idea, but seems clumsily executed. Why wireless connectivity? Will wired internet be damaged in an oil crisis? Doesn't take into non transport energy costs, either. Farmers markets probably have a minimal effect on oil use, etc.

watch the dates on these spreadsheets

wild diagram.

"scientific" post-millenarianism: This is not the wacky proclamation of a doomsday cult, apocalypse bible prophecy sect, or conspiracy theory society.

How much fossil fuel is required to produce a pound of beef on a feedlot?

trashfood

delicious energy

indulgences 2.0: "your money goes to alternative energy projects to offset the global warming impact of your car's CO2 emissions." or get a bike & zero your emissions.

from the US DOE "Enegery Efficiency and Renewable Energy"

i want to have his babies