ENERGY’S FUTURE

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Even if ways are found to reduce carbon emissions, one may expect that there will be lasting effects that will take a long time to be absorbed

THE BIG PICTURE

• To stabilize at 550 PPM of C02 (twice the pre-industrial level and one that produces roughly 2-4o C. of temperature rise) would require approx. 20 TW carbon free power.
• In other words, the projection is that we will need as much as twice as much carbon-free power by 2050 than the total power produced, by all sources, globally, at present.

Carbon Intensity of Energy (mix)

M. I. Hoffert et. al., Nature, 1998, 395, 881    Source: Nathan Lewis

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