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Southern California Household Energy Savings Report from 2007
We have found the report that we gave in October 2007 to the Mayor’s Climate Protection Committee of Laguna Beach. It is contained in the link below. Southern California Household Energy Savings 2007 Report Among differences today are the change … Continue reading
Summary of Electric Utilities Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in Southern California
Summary of Electric Utilities Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in Southern California By Dennis Silverman, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, UC Irvine. This is a very brief talk for the Mayor’s Climate Protection Action Plan for Laguna Beach, but it applies … Continue reading
Trump’s Attack on the Government’s Climate Program
Trump’s Attack on the Government’s Climate Program Everyone relies on knowing the climate, and the weather that it controls. Even Trump, who just attacked the funding of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), in the EPA. It coordinates the … Continue reading
The Republican Convention and the Unmentionable: Climate Change
The Republican Convention and the Unmentionable: Climate Change So far the Convention has covered Make America Safe Again, and Make America Work Again. The Unmentionable topic has not shown up, or not shown up in a significant enough place for … Continue reading
Climate Mitigation Through the Market
The largest countries at the Paris 2015 climate talks are constrained in what they can commit to, for various reasons. But if we look at what is producing the current level of carbon pollution control, it is largely the … Continue reading
Equivalent Volt and Leaf Pollution Mileage in Various California Utility Districts
Electric cars do not run on manufacturers mpg ratings, nor on the mysterious EPA mpg ratings. They run on electricity provided mostly at night provided by your local utility. We give here the amount of CO2 produced per kWh from … Continue reading
Equivalent Volt and Tesla Pollution Mileage in Various California Utility Districts
Electric cars do not run on manufacturers mpg ratings, nor on the mysterious EPA mpg ratings. They run on electricity provided mostly at night provided by your local utility. We give here the amount of CO2 produced per kWh from … Continue reading
Lecture on Natural Gas and Greenhouse Gases
This is my Osher Lifelong Institute Lecture on High Efficiency Natural Gas Plants as a replacement for old, low efficiency coal plants, and its dramatic effects on lowering greenhouse gases for energy production. Natural Gas and Greenhouse Gases
Comparison of a Honda Civic Natural Gas Car with a Gasoline Honda Civic, and two Electric Hybrid Cars
We compare the price, fuel economy, cost and mileage range of a Honda Civic Natural Gas car with a gasoline Honda Civic, a Honda Civic Hybrid, and the Toyota Prius Hybrid. The table is formed from www.fueleconomy.gov, from the … Continue reading
Steps to Reducing US CO2 Pollution
We evaluate the effects on CO2 production of replacement of coal with natural gas, increasing vehicle fuel economy, and doubling nuclear or renewable power. First we introduce a simple accounting method or index for CO2 production. We take CO2 from … Continue reading