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<div><font color="#000000">Environment and Sustainability Seminar
Series<br>
Sponsored by the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
(LFEE)<br>
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<b>NEXT TWO SEMINARS:</b></font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>THIS WEEK - "The Carbon
Conundrum"<br>
<br>
Howard Herzog</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Principal Research Engineer, MIT Laboratory
for Energy and the Environment<br>
<br>
<b>Mark de Figueiredo</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">PhD Candidate, Engineering Systems
Division, MIT<br>
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<b>Wednesday, October 27<br>
12:00 - 1:30 pm<br>
E40-496<br>
<br>
</b>In the August 13, 2004 issue of<i> Science</i>, an article (link
below) discussed the Carbon Conundrum. Essentially, the carbon
conundrum was described as "weaning the world off carbon-based
fossil fuels would take decades. During that time, carbon
combustion will continue to pour greenhouse gases into the atmosphere
- unless scientists find a way to reroute them." The
article then goes on to describe a method to reroute the emissions,
namely carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS). MIT researchers
have been pioneers in CCS research and have been leaders in the
worldwide research community.</font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000">In this seminar, we will lead a discussion
on the Carbon Conundrum. We will present additional background
on this subject, including:</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">1. Energy statistics for the past 50
plus years for the US showing our dependence on fossil fuels and the
difficulty in replacing them.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">2. Brief primer on CCS.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">3. A summary of major worldwide CCS
activities, both technical and political.<br>
4. Results of public opinion surveys on energy and the
environment carried out by MIT researchers. Data from US, Japan,
and UK. The UK data is being shown for the first time (survey
completed end of September).<br>
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We hope the seminar is more of a discussion than a presentation and
encourage questions and comments as we go along.<br>
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ADVANCE READING: The article "The Carbon Conundrum" by
Robert Service appeared in Science, Vol 305, Issue 5686, 962-963 , 13
August 2004. If you are affiliated with MIT, the article is
available through MIT's online subscription to Science
Magazine:</font><br>
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>http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/305/5686/962<br>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>NEXT WEEK - "Hybrid Cars Now, Fuel
Cell Cars Later"</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>(Please note the time for this seminar -
12:45-2:15 pm)</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b><br>
Prof. John Deutch<br>
</b>Institute Professor, MIT<br>
<br>
<b>Wednesday, November 3<br>
12:45-2:15 pm (NOTE TIME FOR THIS SEMINAR)<br>
E40-496</b></font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000">In the August 13, 2004 issue of<i>
Science</i>, an article (link below) by John Deutch and Nurettin
Demirdoven compared the energy efficiency of hybrid and fuel cell
vehicles as well as conventional internal combustion engines. Their
analysis indicates that fuel cell vehicles using hydrogen from fossil
fuels offer no significant energy efficiency advantage over hybrid
vehicles operating in an urban drive cycle. They conclude that
priority should be placed on hybrid vehicles by industry and
government. This seminar will focus on the analysis and findings
presented in the article.</font></div>
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ADVANCE READING: The article "Hybrid Cars Now, Fuel Cell
Cars Later" by Nurettin Demirdoven and John Deutch appeared in
Science, Vol 305, Issue 5686, 974-976, 13 August 2004. If you
are affiliated with MIT, the article is available through MIT's online
subscription to Science Magazine:<br>
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<u>http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/305/5686/974</u></font></div
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Part of a series of brown bag talks on issues of energy, environment,
and sustainability sponsored by the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the
Environment. Bring your lunch - cookies and drinks will be
provided.<br>
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<div><font color="#000000">Karen L. Gibson</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Program Assistant</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">MIT Laboratory For Energy and the
Environment</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">77 Massachusetts Avenue,
E40-469</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">(1 Amherst St., E40-469 - for DHL and
FedEx)</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Cambridge, MA 02139 USA</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Tel: 1 (617) 258-6368; Fax: 1
(617) 258-6590</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">http://lfee.mit.edu</font></div>
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