— from Orcas Currents —
Dan Kammen, Orcas Currents speaker on Oct. 25, and on San Juan Island at Brickworks on Oct. 23
On Sunday, October 25, internationally acclaimed energy-policy expert Daniel Kammen will deliver an Orcas Currents lecture on “Getting the Carbon Out: Decarbonizing Energy Systems.” His presentation begins at 1:30 pm in Orcas Center. After that, local energy experts will briefly offer their individual perspectives on this pressing global imperative.
“Dramatic changes are taking place in the energy options available to people, communities and nations interested in pursuing low-carbon pathways,” observes Kammen. He serves as the Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he founded and directs the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory. He also holds UC Berkeley appointments in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and the Goldman School of Public Policy.
In 2010-2011 Kammen was the World Bank’s Chief Technical Specialist for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. He is a US State Department Energy and Climate Fellow for the Western Hemisphere, having served previously as Secretary Hilary Clinton’s Clean Energy Envoy to the Americas. And he was the lead author of several reports of the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); in recognition of its work, the IPCC shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore.
In his talk, Kammen will describe successes and challenges in implementing low-carbon alternatives, which are now taking place from rural Africa to the United States. These efforts range from residential to community-scale systems to actions on national levels — including in China and the European Union. He will also discuss the hopeful prospects for global accord in the upcoming Paris climate talks.
After his lecture, well-known islanders Bill Anders, Chris Graecen and Eric Youngren will offer individual perspectives on the energy transformations we face both locally and globally. This will be inaugural event in a new Orcas Currents series featuring widely recognized authorities “In Conversation With” local experts, with which our fair islands abound.
For more information about Orcas Currents and this lecture, please consult:research-now.org/orcas-currents/
This event is cosponsored by Coates Vineyards, the San Juan Islands Conservation District and Islands Energy. Please join Orcas Currents supporters and friends for what promises to be a stimulating discussion of our local and global energy futures. As always, admission is free but donations are welcome.
Editor’s Note: On Friday, October 23, internationally acclaimed energy-policy expert and Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Daniel Kammen will present at Brickworks in Friday Harbor. All are welcome to attend and meet Dr. Kammen, hear his ideas, and participate in a lively discussion about local and global climate and energy solutions. The reception starts at 6:30 PM and the talk begins at 7:00 PM.
The San Juan Islands Conservation District, Islands Energy, and OPALCO are proudly sponsoring this free event. For more information, go to sanjuanislandscd.org/ or call 360-378-6621.
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Introduction to “source point” energy production, or “free” energy machines-
From the Keshe Foundation webpage, cited above: “This new method of using the interaction of both gravitational and magnetic fields of the reactor in respect to other celestial objects similar fields to attain motion and positioning, to create motion, energy and food exactly as in the universal objects as on the Earth and the Sun and without burning of any matter as in the universe and we call this new method of travels of using magnetic fields an spaceship program.” [sic]
Some call it a perpetual motion machine; some call it snake oil.
Come hear Prof. Kammen talk about real science.
Thanks, Moana, you are correct.
Although energy is conserved and never lost, there are always costs involved in extracting or capturing it for human uses. It’s never free. We just need to maximize the usefulness while minimizing the costs.
To the editor: In the interest of factual accuracy, my understanding is that the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former US Vice President Al Gore. While Dr. Kammen was a contributor to the IPCC efforts, Dr. Kammen was not awarded a Nobel Prize.
The IPCC and Nobel released a statement in 2012: that the Nobel Peace Prize “was awarded to the IPCC as an organization, and not to any individual associated with the IPCC. Thus it is incorrect to refer to any IPCC official, or scientist who worked on IPCC reports, as a Nobel laureate or Nobel Prize winner.”
This is from the IPCC Statement about the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
Dr. Kammen’s lecture should be an interesting one.