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"For anyone that is a substantial consumer or producer of energy, or for any investment manager who wants an industry insider's take on the market, Andy's advice is indispensable."
-- Aubrey K. McClendon, CEO Chesapeake Energy Corporation
"One of the few natural gas analysts to truly understand the rapidly changing dynamics of the North American natural gas markets is Andy Weissman....Weissman's attention to the genuine supply and demand fundamentals has enabled him to become one of the world's best observers of natural gas as it faces unparalleled challenges."
-- Matthew R. Simmons, author "Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy." | |
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Energy Business Watch Resource Library
Topic: Climate Change |
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| How Do We Dig Out of Our Energy Hole? |
| Speaker: Matthew Simmons, Chairman, Simmons & Co., International |
| It took about fifty years for America to dig ourselves into the energy hole we are now in. Mr. Simmons will detail the history of these many mistakes, explain the magnitude and consequences of being in such a deep hole and set out the many steps needed to begin digging ourselves out. |
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| Facility-Level Greenhouse Gas Management: Strategies for Energy Efficiency and Carbon Neutrality |
| Speaker: Joel Swisher, Ph.D., Managing Director, Rocky Mountain Institute |
| Dr. Swisher's presentation summarizes the strategies that an organization can use to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions at low cost. The specific strategies include energy efficiency, distributed power, carbon trading, and financial innovation. A description of the Rocky Mountain Institute's work to devise a carbon neutral strategy for Oberlin College provides an example of the use of these strategies at an educational institution. |
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Speaker: David Pimentel, Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Agricultural Sciences, Cornell University |
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Dr. Pimentel will explore the production of ethanol and biodiesel fuels and discuss his finding that it requires significantly more fossil fuel inputs than what is produced as either ethanol or biodiesel implying that increased biofuel production would actually increase the amount of oil and natural gas that have to be imported by the U.S. In addition, Dr. Pimentel will discuss environmental impacts of biofuels, including soil erosion and chemical pollution. |
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| World Oil Production: Peaking & Its Mitigation |
| Speaker: Robert Hirsch, Ph.D., Senior Energy Program Advisor at SAIC |
| Dr. Hirsch will discuss the peaking of world oil production, which he describes as the world's first ever discontinuity in energy -- a sudden limit on the supply of a commodity that is essential to the functioning of the world economy. A number of experts forecast that peaking of conventional oil production will occur in this decade or the next. Given today's huge world oil consumption, Dr. Hirsch will argue that oil peaking will likely lead to worldwide oil shortages and oil prices far beyond today's levels, seriously impacting the economies of all nations. He will discuss how massive mitigation measures, implemented well in advance of the event, could greatly reduce the damage. |
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| The Energy Problem and What We Can Do About It |
| Global Climate and Energy Project, Stanford University -- September 18, 2006 |
| The presentation covers potential supply-side solutions to the energy problem: coal, tar sands, shale oil, fusion, fission, wind, solar photocells, and bio-mass. |
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