From Stanford University , along with actor/activist Mark Ruffalo, and “Gasland” movie fabricator Josh Fox. I’m amazed the university would allow themselves to get used by these clowns. The website they are pushing actually doesn’t offer any solutions, but asks you to “Join the Movement”
Stanford scientist to unveil 50-state plan to transform US to renewable energy
Stanford Professor Mark Jacobson and his colleagues recently developed detailed plans to transform the energy infrastructure of New York, California and Washington states from fossil fuels to 100 percent renewable resources by 2050. On Feb. 15, Jacobson presented a new roadmap to renewable energy for all 50 states at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Chicago.
The online interactive roadmap is tailored to maximize the resource potential of each state. Hovering a cursor over California, for example, reveals that the Golden State can meet virtually all of its power demands (transportation, electricity, heating, etc.) in 2050 by switching to a clean technology portfolio that is 55 percent solar, 35 percent wind (on- and offshore), 5 percent geothermal and 4 percent hydroelectric.
“The new roadmap is designed to provide each state a first step toward a renewable future,” said Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford. “It provides all of the basic information, such as how many wind turbines and solar panels would be needed to power each state, how much land area would be required, what would be the cost and cost savings, how many jobs would be created, how much pollution-related mortality and global-warming emissions would be avoided.”
The 50-state roadmap will be launched this week on the website of The Solutions Project, a national outreach effort led by Jacobson, actor Mark Ruffalo (co-star of The Avengers), film director Josh Fox and others to raise public awareness about switching to clean energy produced entirely by wind, water and sunlight. Also on Feb. 15, Solutions Project member Leilani Munter, a professional racecar driver, will publicize the 50-state plan at a Daytona National Speedway racing event in Daytona, Fla., in which she will be participating.
“Global warming, air pollution and energy insecurity are three of the most significant problems facing the world today, said Jacobson, a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and Precourt Institute for Energy. “Unfortunately, scientific results are often glossed over. The Solutions Project was born with the vision of combining science with business, policy, and public outreach through social media and cultural leaders – often artists and entertainers who can get the information out – to study and simultaneously address these global challenges.”
Jacobson delivered his AAAS talk on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 1:30 p.m. CT, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, Columbus Hall CD, as part of a symposium entitled, “Is it possible to reduce 80% of greenhouse gas emissions from energy by 2050?”
Relevant URLs:
Jacobson Lab
https://www.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/
The Solutions Project
http://thesolutionsproject.org/
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The Incredible Hulk goes Green?
For some reason I’m feeling angry.
Lets see Stanford lead the way to this ‘glorious future ‘ by committing its self to use no power that has not come from renewable sources , true in the short term that may mean some drastic shortages of power , but I think its a price worth paying for ‘saving the planet ‘
The fact it will stop them pushing such idiots ideas in the first place , is of course just a side benefit.
““The new roadmap is designed to provide each state a first step toward a renewable future,” said Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford.”
WHAT! They failed to mention the
“Partial share of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize as a research contributor to and reviewer of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 3rd and 4th Assessment Reports, cited for “efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.””
from his CV!
He’s got more citations than Gengis Khan had kills!
Well, I guess a road map is fine and dandy – where’s the economics??
I’m open on this one – if the economics stacks up, fine.
If not, it should be exposed as premature at best……….
Without large scale energy storage, which green energy enthusiasts constantly ignore, they are either stupid or their true intent is to disrupt economies and living standards through intermittent energy supply. They claim not to be stupid so the latter must be their true goal.
The IQ of Silicon Valley just decreased significantly. I’ve mentored some bright students at Stanford, but these,,,,, take the cake.
Dear Anthony,
On the South side of the Big Island of Hawaii is the first series of wind energy fans. Now, there are just towers with very few wind blades attached. They had the money to put them there, but none to maintain them.
For every mile of highway there has to be a mile of maintenance budget. No matter what they think or get a budget in place to build it there won’t be the budget to keep it going. The states mentioned are broke.
Anyway, there are problems with green energy, if it is food, someone goes hungry. If it is wind energy, birds are killed and cold disrupt there action. If it is solar China is already shutting down its solar panel production to a few companies because of the lack of US INTEREST.
Poor blokes.
Paul Pierett
REPLY: Yes, I’ve visited the Kamoa wind farm, and we have a story about it here http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/03/19/the-reality-of-wind-turbines-in-california-video/
-Anthony
“Global warming, air pollution and energy insecurity are three of the most significant problems facing the world today,…”
There doesn’t seem to be much global warming, air pollution in western countries is dramatically less than 40 years ago and the most insecure forms of energy (that is, real baseload energy that keeps our world working effectively) are solar and wind. And the world is much bigger than the fifty states of the USA.
And get rid of those horrible CO2 producing liquid fuels. Of course, that will mean no car racing for “Leilani Munter, a professional racecar driver”. Or is car racing exempt?
“a scientist, an actor, a banker and a filmmaker were sitting around a table talking about their opposition to extreme energy extraction”. Extreme energy extraction – what are these people talking about? And no mention of a mechanical or electrical engineer who are the ones our society trains to work out practical economic solutions to these sorts of big problems.
And I’d like to see the specs for a windmill that will be kept spinning during a hurricane.
The more I read the web page the more nauseous I felt.
When science, which is about what we measure, and politics, which is about what we want: e.g. “the roadmap” there will be serious trouble ahead for science.
knr is on the right track. With such a simple plan, so easy to implement and all we need are a few singers and actors to tell the good folk of California. What better way to advertise the benefits than to have the university cut it’s connection to the grid and go 100% green. Tomorrow if possible.
The problem is that this is rolling out the designs of Holdren’s Ecoscience; and if the USA does it, the colonies must follow (or else). The trick is that the richer colonies, like Germany, CAN AFFORD IT, the poorer ones will perish, and that is the goal. One billion people is Holdren’s goal.
There is just a lack of sensible rational thought with these people.
It’s just sunshine lollipops and rainbows in their world interspersed with the occasional window smashing riot.
Rhys Jaggar says:
February 17, 2014 at 1:29 am
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There is no hope for their plan to succeed. Solar and wind can not take over for the fuels that we use today. Plus, to push a plan like that in such a short time span, they will have to steal money from everyone. The extra cost of the utilities to the ratepayers will make everyone poor, except for those who are wealthy enough to not have to worry about such matters.
What do you do when the sky is generally overcast for a week with weak winds? In 2050 Mark Z. Jacobson will not be in his present position so he won’t give a damn.
If the economics stacked up it would have been adopted a looooooong time ago. Entrepreneurs would have seen the obvious and easy opportunities and piled in their capital. Big business would not need eco-nuts to tell them that the economics stacked up, the economics does not stack up that’s why government intervention is needed.
4 eyes (February 17, 2014 at 1:38 am) “And no mention of a mechanical or electrical engineer who are the ones our society trains to work out practical economic solutions to these sorts of big problems.”
That’s a huge problem on their side. Not just for the unsolved engineering problems like Tide Power. They run a few numbers that presume that this energy will magically store itself or transport itself to where it is needed. “Smart” meters will not just erase the peaks which can’t be met by their lame solution but will shift the demand to match supply. For example your washing machine will automatically turn on when the sun comes out, then turn off when clouds go by, and maybe you’ll get the laundry out on the line by Friday.
Amazing to see how US oligarchs are on their way to transform the country into a central planning system after they ruined and marginalised the middle class.
Now wait just a cotton-picking minute. So when the sun goes down in California they stop driving, shut down everything and go to bed? Quick – invest in candles now!! Or are they too polluting? Better to turn the lights out in California now, permanently, if that’s the best their brightest have to offer. Let them live just blowing in the wind.
“[…] all of its power demands (transportation, electricity, heating, etc.) in 2050 by switching to a clean technology portfolio that is 55 percent solar, 35 percent wind (on- and offshore), 5 percent geothermal and 4 percent hydroelectric. […]”
… and 100% unreliable. Cost? Not an issue if you’re saving the planet and are pretty good at that hunter/gatherer thingy.
BTW, the missing one percent wouldn’t happen to be unicorn power would it?
Ahh actors and celebrities as engineers – what a concept!
“Energy Instability” – what a crock, if you want something – negotiate and pay for it – don’t try to steal it with the lives of young Americans you stupid, stupid people.
Only in the land of nuts and fruits…
2050 plan? Go ahead, give China another reason to laugh their heads off….
“… a clean technology portfolio that is 55 percent solar, 35 percent wind (on- and offshore), 5 percent geothermal and 4 percent hydroelectric. …”
We now know that large scale development of solar farms and turbine fields can be certified wildlife killers. Are these people wanting to kill massive amounts of birds nationwide? Chop up those bald eagles!
We know that these “clean” methods don’t work at the very time you really need them to work such as at night or when it is too cold or if the wind is too calm. (or too high as was mentioned up above)
We know that anthropogenic CO2 released by mankind is a drop in the bucket of the total amount of CO2 in the atmosphere and it does not warm the atmosphere as evidenced by the last 17+ years of flat or declining temps (even “adjusted” up by the frauds keeping the data sets) even as CO2 skyrocketed upwards.
We also know that mankind has experienced much warmer times that the present and flourished during those times. I read Dr. Lamb back when he was in style.
Look at just moving south on the map. My family in Wisconsin lives in an average temperature range far colder than I do in central Florida. They have an average February high of about 30F and I have an average February high of about 75F. (looking at Weather Channel charts) That is about 45F and not just a few tenths of a degree that started all this “CO2 is the devil” whining.
But more importantly, every single prediction out of the CAGW crowd has been wrong. Why should anyone believe that this proposal would even work and not freeze half the people in the country?
Your problem is not that you have some very sick individuals, that is people with pathological personality profiles. Your problem is that so many of them occupy seats of influence.
Old England says:
February 17, 2014 at 1:31 am
Without large scale energy storage, which green energy enthusiasts constantly ignore, they are either stupid or their true intent is to disrupt economies and living standards through intermittent energy supply. They claim not to be stupid so the latter must be their true goal.
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And just watch how the media, which also claims to be smart and fully informed, or nearly so, totally fails to question that aspect as well, and instead pretends its a serious and viable option, not to mention economically affordable. Given Obama, credulous chap that he is, has no problem with any of this alternate-reality, then I do not expect a stellar moment from the media either. And I never expect stellar moments from the intelligentsia on any topic. So it looks like a terrific scam to get in, on the ground floor, then pump it and dump it … before it tanks and bleeds out.
The western world has become the joke of our times, a Mad-Hatter’s tea party, where game-play consistency is firmly discouraged in favor of the cheerleaders and scoreboards. Welcome to the ‘Smart-Grid’. “Hey, you can’t blame us! No one else saw it coming either!” An E3 pulse would be a mercy killing.
I liked the part where the race driver will talk about the plan at Daytona. I wonder what powers her car?