Carbon emissions wedges for transportation a plan to keep carbon in check, r. In recent articles in science and scientific american, cmis codirectors stephen pacala and robert socolow introduced the wedge concept to focus discussion on one of the most important global. Pacala and socolow are the authors of stabilization wedges. Climate change mitigation consists of actions to limit the magnitude or rate of global warming and its related effects. For example, a car driven 10,000 miles a year with a fuel ef. Livinggy ethically in a greenhouse princeton university. Readings energy, environment, and society chemistry.
See the complete scientific american library series book. Apr 15, 2007 think of the climate change issue as a closet, and behind the door are lurking all kinds of monsters and theres a long list of them, pacala said. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Nov 26, 2007 scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives. Pacala, a plan to keep carbon in check scientific american september 2006 pp. The article has a number of lengthy quotes from robert socolow coauthor with stephen pacala on the paper in which he says that their paper was misunderstood and misused by. The overall framework of the 2004 pacala and socolow paper and of its september 2006 scientific american version by the same authors, but in reverse order is difficult for readers who understand the earths global carbon cycle, energy science and technology, and the fundamentals of climate science.
Stabilizing the climate requires technology, public investment, and global economic development by david roberts on oct 6, 2007 news on climate in the time of coronavirus subscribe. Scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives. The interest in these new designs was highlighted in an article in scientific american, new small reactor could revitalize nuclear power industry this referred to the 125mwe mpower reactor announced by the u. Solving the climate problem for the next 50 years with current technologies, which appeared in the august, 2004 issue of science. Readings energy, environment, and society chemistry mit.
Why the climate change problem is starting to look too big to. Find materials for this course in the pages linked along the left. Socolow and pacala, a plan to keep carbon in check, scientific american, sept 2006. Shermer, a science historian and the founder of the skeptics society, has investigated pseudoscientific claims.
Wedge can be defined as an emission reduction of 0. Scientific american 53 sions vivid, we sliced the stabilization triangle into seven equal pieces, or wedges, each representing one billion tons a year of averted emissions 50 years from now starting from zero today. Robert socolow is professor emeritus, department of mechanical and aerospace. One practical approach worth recalling is that proposed by socolow and pacala a plan to keep carbon in check, r h socolow and s a pacala, scientific american, july 2006. The climate stabilization wedges is an approach produced by princeton university. Rob is a member of the american academy of arts and sciences, an associate of the national research council of the national academies, a fellow of the american physical society, and a fellow of the american association for the advancement of science.
A course in environmental problem solving 1985 is a widely used textbook on environmental modeling. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new. Socolow and pacala, scientific american, september 2006, p. Further, many energy efficiency improvements can be made at low or even negative monetary cost. Such cities both face more immediate problems than the developed world and have fewer resources to deal with them. In august 2004, steve pacala and i published a paper in science about. The women of colonial latin america second edition in this second edition of her acclaimed volume, the women of colonial latin america, susan migden socolow has revised substantial portions of the book. The ethics of global climate change edited by denis g. Robert socolow received his bachelors degree in physics from harvard college in 1959 and his ph.
Worldwide, nuclear power generation actually declined in 2008 while wind electric generating capacity increased by 27,000 megawatts, enough to supply 8 million american homes. Pacala stephen and robert h socolow stabilization wedges solving the climate from mba 5201 at bandung institute of technology. X up 60% or down 60% up 140% or up 60%, or down 40% urgently needed. Most recently, socolow wrote an article on carbon sequestration, can we. In this second edition of her acclaimed volume, the women of colonial latin america, susan migden socolow has revised substantial portions of the book incorporating new topics and illustrative cases that significantly expand topics addressed in the first edition. A plan to keep carbon in check request pdf researchgate. A plan to keep carbon in check, scientific american, september 2006, 5057. The goal of the approach, stephen pacala and robert h. Cofounder of the field of industrial ecology and coeditor of industrial ecology and global change 1994.
Information about the geological societys internationally acclaimed books and journals for authors, editors, librarians and readers. In the last of three instalments, bryan lovell looks back over a life in sandstones and oil, ponders the significance of events that happened 55 million years ago and. The critical role of energy efficiency in mitigating. About the relative size of things in the universe, human diversity, the discovery of subatomic particles, and several more. In a 2004 article in science magazine that has become the canonical text in climate change mitigation efforts, stephan pacala and robert socolow of princeton university, discussed the necessary steps that should be taken to meet the carbon mitigation goals set out by the intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc. Hawkins, natural resources defense council, in robert h.
Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Combustion in a global environmental context part two. The climate stabilization wedges is an approach produced by princeton university researchers looking at climate change mitigation scenarios. Sep 27, 2011 socolow says this approach has a lockedin feel and presumes far more clarity from science than exists. Robert socolow and stephen pacala of princeton university describe a set of 15 major energy policies, any seven of which. Pacala and socolow paper and of its september 2006 scientific american. This talk is based on a paper of the same title, by stephen pacala and robert socolow, published in the august, 2004, issue of science, 305 5686, pp. Wedges reaffirmed bulletin of the atomic scientists. The critical role of energy efficiency in mitigating global warming robert socolow princeton university. Scholar and public intellectual on the global energy system, climate change, carbon management, and sustainable energy production. The article has a number of lengthy quotes from robert socolow coauthor with stephen pacala on the paper in which he says that their paper was misunderstood and misused by the advocacy community.
Climate scientists in the us are seeing the risks due to the carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions and are taking appropriate measures to curb the emissions. May 05, 2011 to follow up on my post yesterday on the socalled stabilization wedges of rob socolow and steve pacala, i thought that it would be useful to revisit the substantive reasons why it is that the wedges analysis has beem so misleading in the climate debate. The best american science and nature writing 2007 features 28 essays from 20 different periodicals. From 2000 to 2019, rob and steve pacala were the coprincipal investigator of. Climate change mitigation generally involves reductions in human anthropogenic. Fellow of the american association for the advancement of science. He is a fellow of the american physical society and of the american.
American journal of physics with so many books so obviously written to catch your eye its hard to know where to start. Along with robert socolow, he coedited the 1970 book, patient earth. National geographic has a pretty remarkable story up on the socalled stabilization wedges approach to reducing emissions thx dm. Pacala, a plan to keep carbon in check, scientific american, september 2006.
Their combined citations are counted only for the first article. Dec 04, 2018 one of the earliest climate change models was drawn up in 2004 by a pair of princeton university professors robert socolow, an engineer, and stephen pacala, an ecologist. A plan to keep carbon in check scientific american. Solving the climate problem for the next 50 years with current technologies. Perhaps the scenario that has most captured the publics imagination is the wedge analysis published a dozen years ago by princeton university professors stephen pacala and robert socolow in science. With original, insightful and accessible contributions from many of.
Since the development of modern scientific medicine in the last hundred years or so, a new need is access to health care. Pacala stephen and robert h socolow stabilization wedges. Published in scientific american 2006 physics, medicine this article focuses on ways to control the emission of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas. And the researchers offered 15 potential wedgesranging from carbon capture and storage to ending deforestationto achieve the goal.
Robert harry socolow american academy of arts and sciences. In wedges reaffirmed, robert socolow revisits his 2004 paper written with steve pacala, reasserts the validity of its main messages, and outlines the relative lack of progress toward its. Journal articles, books, conference papers and others. Readings innovation systems for science, technology, energy. The scientific american library book series by multiple authors includes books powers of ten. As pacala and socolow originally presented the wedges concept in science, there are fifteen. Institute for energy efficiency and kavli institute for theoretical physics university of santa barbara august 12, 2008. A plan to keep carbon in check princeton university. Their aim was to show how different combinations of eight existing technologies, or wedgessuch as increased efficiency, solar power, or. Romm born june 27, 1960 is an american author, blogger, editor, physicist and climate expert, who advocates reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming and increasing energy security through energy efficiency, green energy technologies and green transportation technologies.
A combination of seven wedges would achieve pacala and socolow s aim. He is an elected fellow of the ecological society of america. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Transport efficiency a wedge of emissions savings would be achieved if the fuel efficiency of all the cars projected for 2055 were doubled from 30 mpg to 60 mpg. Industrial energy efficiency upstream investment other renewables methane mitigation population capture of co 2. Robert socolow and stephen pacala of princeton university describe a set of 15 major energy policies, any seven of which would allow us. Stabilizing the climate requires technology, public. He has authored over 240 scientific publications, including eight books, one of which, consider a spherical cow. In this second edition of her acclaimed volume, the women of. Based on a paper by s pascala and r socolow and a presentation made by roberta hotinski. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. With original, insightful and accessible contributions from many of the best researchers currently working on the ethics of climate change, it clarifies the ethical dimensions of global climate change and highlights the implications of ethical considerations. The american association for the advancement of science hosted a conference for.
Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. Many researchers have stressed the apparently great potential for improvements in energy efficiency to dramatically decrease total energy use see, e. Scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the. It also creates unnecessary fights, where a learnandadjust plan, as he and pacala outlined in the 2004 paper, would not. Free scirp newsletters scientific research publishing. A climate analyst analyzes his own approach to co2 the new. Scientific american, the oldest continuously published magazine in the u.
Ipcc wg3, summary for policymakers pacala and socolow 2004 science you might also look at socolow and pacala 2006 scientific american. The essays chosen reflect a wide range of topics, from the sewers of rome to video. Even scholars who recognize that technological improvements will need to be 3 times past experi. Throughout human history, the basic human essentials have been adequate food, drinkable water, and adequate shelter. Beyond smoke and mirrors, by the nobel prizewinning physicist burton richter. Order publications, find out about the lyell collection and read guidelines for preparing a paper or submitting a book proposal. Pacala, a plan to keep carbon in check, scientific american, september 2006, pp. The project was funded by ford motor company between 2000 and 2009 and has been receiving funding from bp since 2000. How do you measure energy both as a conserved physical quantity and as an.
Michael shermer criticized their prediction in scientific american, saying immortality is at least a millennium away, if not unattainable altogether. Employ enough of these wedgesseven in the estimation of socolow and pacala and the problem of climate change begins to dissipate. Learn about the andlinger center for energy and the environment and its mission, hear from our director, read the latest in news from the center, explore our building and its facilities, check out our events calendar, and discover other programs and activities happening within the center. The ethics of global climate change is the first collection to engage the full range of ethical issues posed by global climate change. A conference on ethics and the environment the university of tennessee knoxville, tennessee april 1012, 2008for further reading, see two papers by steve pacala and rob socolow. The final section of the final chapter, titled strategy for a sustainable future, is a welcome and heartening presentation of the socolow pacala wedge strategy describing some 15 different ways to combat global warming, all of them based on plausible nearterm technology such as carbon capture and storage. However, it does raise the question of how the countries of the world are going to go about this formidable task. He is a fellow of the american physical society and of the american association for the advancement of science. In the united states, new windgenerating capacity of 8,400 megawatts in 2008 dwarfed the 1,400 megawatts from coal. Socolow, is to demonstrate that global warming is a problem which can be attacked using todays commercially available technologies to reduce co 2 emissions.
Scientific american library book series thriftbooks. Sourcei socolow and pacala, scientific american, september 2006, p. Shermer, a science historian and the founder of the skeptics society, has investigated pseudo scientific. The magazine publishes 15 foreign language editions and has a total of more than 1,000,000 copies in circulation worldwide. Warming, by robert socolow, scientific american, 2005. Issues and action, near and far course description while there is general consensus on the definition of sustainability, there are many divergent views on what it means to scientists, social scientists and engineers, especially when considering what are.
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