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Videos

Plenary

  • Paul Roberts - Peak Oil: Depletion and Denial
  • Amory Lovins - Profitable Solutions to the Climate (and Oil and Proliferation) Problems
  • Panel Discussion - with Paul Roberts and Amory Lovins

Session 1 - Carbon Based Fuels

  • Gary Hansen - Welcome
  • Severin Borenstein - No End to Fossil Fuels: Why Renewables Lose Without Policy Intervention
  • Stephen J. Golden - Current and Extended Use of Oil and Gas - Technical and Environmental Aspects
  • Amory Lovins - Profitable Solutions to the Climate (and Oil and Proliferation) Problems

Session II - Renewable Energy and the Hydrogen Economy

  • Alan Heeger - Low Cost "Plastic" Solar Cells: A Dream or Reality?
  • Joan Ogden - Prospects for Hydrogen in the Future Energy System

Session II - Renewable Energy and the Hydrogen Economy

  • Michal Moore - Renewable Energy Resources and the Political Will
  • Bengt Kasemo - Nanotechnology for sustainable energy and environment
  • Panel Discussion - With Walter Kohn, Hal La Flash, Charles McDermott and C. Paul Davis

Session III - Sustainable Development/Communities

  • Doug Newman - Integrating Renewable Energy & Energy-Efficient Technologies into Sustainable Community Development
  • Larisa Dubriansky - Public Private Partnerships for Community Sustainability

Session III - Sustainable Development/Communities

  • Ernst von Weizsacker - Quadrupling Energy Productivity

Session IV - Difficult Choices for our Energy Future

  • Michael Corradini - Nuclear Power: Prospects in the 21st Century
  • Mujid Kazimi - Myths and Realities about Nuclear Power
  • Tim Appenzeller - Coal: the Future Looks Black

Session IV - Difficult Choices for our Energy Future

  • Sally Benson - Can CO2 Capture and Storage in Deep Geological Formations Make Coal-Fired Electricity Generation Climate Friendly?
  • Frank Alix - Emerging Options for Near Zero-Emissions Coal-fired Power Generation
  • Panel Discussion - with Daniel Weiss, Bill Freudenburg, Tim Appenzller and Sanjoy Banerjee

Core Energy Efficiency Strategies from UC Santa Barbara's Research

  • Panel Discussion - with Tony Cheetham, Shuji Nakamura, Matt Tirrell, Ernst von Weizsacker