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- thanks for joining us for the Duke Environment & Society Lecture.4:21 PM Nov 4th from web
- due to length of Lovins' excellent talk, we'll have to forward ?s to Lovins so he can possibly answer them later via email.4:21 PM Nov 4th from web
- Q&A session with Amory Lovins begins. U can email ?s for him to live@duke.edu or via Twitter at 4:20 PM Nov 4th from web
- Myth #5: Public policy is only or strongest option. (Lovins says no: Innovations from private sector are more dynamic)4:19 PM Nov 4th from web
- Myth #4: Public policies=taxes, subsides, etc. (No. Better public options exist, like feebates & decoupling/shared savings)4:19 PM Nov 4th from web
- Myth #3: Pricing carbon is essential 1st step. (No. It will be helpful & desirable, but likely won’t have big price effect)4:18 PM Nov 4th from web
- Myth #2: Solutions must await global agreement. (Not true: China’s efficiency initiatives are self-interested)4:18 PM Nov 4th from web
- Myth #1: Nothing’s happening. (Not true: US coal, oil and energy use fell in 2006)4:18 PM Nov 4th from web
- Lovins concludes by bursting 5 myths about energy efficiency implementation.4:17 PM Nov 4th from web
- lovins says we should reward utilities for cutting customers' bills, not for selling more energy4:17 PM Nov 4th from web
- …and decoupling & shared savings for electricity & gas, to align utility and consumer interests4:16 PM Nov 4th from web
- He cites 2 key energy efficiency policy options that need to be widely implemented: Fee-bates (fee + rebate) for efficient cars…4:15 PM Nov 4th from web
- @ Lovins: "Nuclear power's market collapse is good for climate and security."4:13 PM Nov 4th from web
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lovins cites myriad examples showing nuclear power is suffering from market collapse4:13 PM Nov 4th from web
- : Lovins foresees all-renewable, all-distributed power system that relies more on efficiency & renewables, less on coal, nukes4:09 PM Nov 4th from web
- @ 98-99% of all blackouts start in grid, so bypass it, Lovins says4:07 PM Nov 4th from web
- All power sources are intermittent and/or variant, so concerns about wind/solar power are misplaced4:07 PM Nov 4th from web
- ...Nuke has reliability issues: Of 253 ordered US plants, 48% weren’t built; 10% prematurely closed; 13 closed for year or more4:05 PM Nov 4th from web
- New nuclear saves 2-20x less carbon per dollar & is 20-40x slower than efficiency and micropower investments, and …4:04 PM Nov 4th from web
- Lovins says nuclear is now the costliest of the world’s low- or no-carbon energy resources4:02 PM Nov 4th from web
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- Name Scottee Cantrell
- Location Durham, NC
- Web http://www.nichol...
- Bio Duke’s Nicholas School is a School of the Environment - not Environmental Sciences or Studies, but the Environment. We strive for a sustainable future.
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