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December 2008
Paul M.
Grant
Visiting Scholar in
Applied Physics, Stanford University (2005-2008)
EPRI Science Fellow (Retired)
IBM Research Staff Member Emeritus
Principal, W2AGZ Technologies
http://www.w2agz.com
http://www.w2agz.com/ucdpc08.htm (this page)
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As North America
strives to attain regional energy independence, increasing stress
will be placed on our collective natural resources, environment and
ecology. How can we accomplish this goal while simultaneously
posing minimal risk to the climate, exploiting our native assets
optimally, and minimizing the need to ecologically invade and occupy
large land areas for renewable energy production with low energy
density technologies such as wind, solar and biomass, or creating
huge underground cavities to sequester unstable and massive amounts
of CO2 ? We propose a new North American energy culture
and technology centered on a symbiosis of nuclear, hydrogen and
superconductor technologies – a vision we have given the name
“SuperCities and SuperGrids.”
Although SuperCity –
SuperGrid is indeed highly futuristic in concept, the vision may
actually be quite timely given the rapidly emerging uncertainties in
worldwide economies and the acquisition of nuclear weapons by rogue
political groups and nation-states. A re-birth of nuclear power in
North America coupled with the insertion of superconducting and
hydrogen delivery technologies offers a “public works” opportunity
to spur economic recovery in addition to developing
proliferation-proof actinide fuel recovery processes for use
domestically and export abroad. In addition, both undertakings will
require creating a new, large and highly skilled North American
workforce.
To see how much electricity Californians are using right now, click
here
Now have a look at Stanford's Jasper Ridge Sun Field
Station
For the rest of the country, go to
Current Energy
Background References & Reading
SuperGrid/SuperCity
(Teratechnologies for the Exajoule Society)
Energy
Information Sources and Databases
Climate
Change
Nuclear
Solar
Roofs (Construction in Progress)
Hydrogen
Superconductivity
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