It also creates unnecessary fights, where a learnandadjust plan, as he and pacala outlined in the 2004 paper, would not. As many as 18 stabilization wedges, not seven, may be needed, according to energy expert marty hoffert, a new york university physicist, who challenged socolow and pacalas numbers in a special issue of scientific american in 2006. What is the greenhouse effect radiation from sun thermal. Institute for energy efficiency and kavli institute for theoretical physics university of santa barbara august 12, 2008.
Still dithering, and we are running out of time on. Socolow and pacala, scientific american, september 2006, p. Proceedings of the national academy of sciences 106 29, 1188411888, 2009. In this second edition of her acclaimed volume, the women of. He has worked on climate change, population ecology, and global interactions between the biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. Robert harry socolow rob socolow has been on the faculty of the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering mae since 1971, first as an associate professor and since 1977 as a full professor. The overall framework of the 2004 pacala and socolow paper and of its september 2006 scientific american version by the same authors, but in reverse order is difficult for readers who understand the earths global carbon cycle, energy science and technology, and the fundamentals of climate science to reject. The key features of this are shown in the figure which is a graph of carbon i. Primary energy consumption by source and sector, 2008 quadrillion btu chap 1. Socolow and pacala, who are frequently cited in justification for regulationcentric policies, agree. In the last of three instalments, bryan lovell looks back over a life in sandstones and oil, ponders the significance of events that happened 55 million years ago and reveals that the proof in the puddingstone is of the heating. In fact, the socolow pacala scheme is the only policy framework gore includes.
He is an elected fellow of the ecological society of america, the american physical society, and the american association for the advancement of science, and a recipient of a guggenheim fellowship, the leo szilard prize from the american physical society, and a 2006 george. A plan to keep carbon in check princeton university. Romm born june 27, 1960 is an american author, blogger, editor, physicist and climate expert, who advocates reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming and increasing energy security through energy efficiency, green energy technologies and green transportation technologies. Stephen pacala, socolow directs princeton universitys carbon mitigation initiative, a tenyear project supported by bp and ford. As many as 18 stabilization wedges, not seven, may be needed, according to energy expert marty hoffert, a new york university physicist, who challenged socolow and pacala s numbers in a special issue of scientific american in 2006. Strategists while the solution to global warming seems dauntingly complex, physicist robert socolow and ecologist stephen pacala have come up with a remarkably straightforward way of approaching it. Isbn 9780521196659 hardback isbn 9780521148825 paperback 1. A climate analyst analyzes his own approach to co2 the new. Climate change mitigation generally involves reductions in human anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases ghgs. Sep 27, 2011 the overall framework of the 2004 pacala and socolow paper and of its september 2006 scientific american version by the same authors, but in reverse order is difficult for readers who understand the earths global carbon cycle, energy science and technology, and the fundamentals of climate science to reject. Scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the. We also describe novel policies enacted by china in 2007 to. Ceo jeff bezos advertised amazons new electronic reader kindle in newsweek in 2007. Nuclear power in the united statesarchive 1 wikipedia.
Socolow, susan migden, 1941 the women of colonial latin america susan migden socolow, emory university. Eliminating waste in us health care health care economics. Robert socolow speakers bureau and booking agent info. In reality, an inconvenient truth is a colorfully illustrated lawyers brief for global warming. Scientific american, the oldest continuously published magazine in the u. Pacala, a plan to keep carbon in check, scientific american, september 2006. But a price on co2 emissions on its own, may not be enough.
Sourcei socolow and pacala, scientific american, september 2006, p. He has published four books as well as numerous articles and chapters. Mitigation may also be achieved by increasing the capacity of carbon sinks, for example through reforestation. Nov 26, 2007 scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring advances in.
Perhaps cmis most prominent contribution to date is. Valuing inequality, risk, and population for climate policy. Solving the climate problem for the next 50 years with current technologies, science, 305 5686, august, 2004, 968972 and its supporting online material. With original, insightful and accessible contributions from many of the best researchers currently working on the ethics of climate change, it clarifies the ethical dimensions of global climate change and highlights the implications of ethical considerations. In their noted wedges analysis, robert socolow and stephen pacala of princeton university describe a set of 15 major energy policies, any seven of which would allow us to bring global. Ipcc wg3, summary for policymakers pacala and socolow 2004 science you might also look at socolow and pacala 2006 scientific american, which covers the same material.
The overall framework of the 2004 pacala and socolow paper and of its september 2006 scientific american version by the same authors, but in reverse order is difficult for readers who understand. Scientific american 1 keep retreating glaciers, stronger. How do you measure energy both as a conserved physical quantity and as an economic commodity. It showed that by using any six of at least nine different renewable energy, efficiency, or nonnuclear solutions all wedges in the climate pie, and all already deployed at an. Co 2 emissions in 2030 by the worlds individuals 2030. The technology challenge is thus more than twice as large as was thought. Apr 02, 2009 scientific american is the essential guide to the most awe. Engr 3124 introduction to green engineering module 7. Scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring advances in science and. New approaches to the americas includes bibliographical references and index. Physicist robert socolow, left, and ecologist stephen pacala, right, codirectors of the carbon mitigation initiative at princeton university. From modeling of alternative carbonunconscious worlds and priceresponsive changes in these worlds to the engineering of carbonconscious worlds.
Solving the climate problem for the next 50 years with current technologies, which appeared in the august, 2004 issue of science. The best american science and nature writing 2007 by tim folger editor, richard preston editor. Feb 23, 2007 the wedge game, based on stabilization wedgesa concept developed by robert socolow and stephen pacala of princeton university science, august 2004, p. In addition to oil, writers cover carbon and climate change, hydrogen, nuclear power, conservation, renewable resources, transitional strategies, and visionaries in the field today. Transport efficiency a wedge of emissions savings would be achieved if the fuel efficiency of all the cars projected for 2055 were doubled from 30 mpg to 60 mpg. An inconvenient truth ait, former vice president al gores book on the planetary emergency of global warming and what can be done about it, purports to be a nonpartisan, nonideological exposition of climate science and moral common sense. Solving the climate problem for the next 50 years with current. Stabilization wedges solving the climate problem for the next 50 years with current technologies.
It was not surprising, then, that the socolow pacala stabilization wedges appear in former vice president al gores book and movie, an inconvenient truth. What is the greenhouse effect radiation from sun thermal radiation from inside from earth 102 at university of michigan. Solving the climate problem for the next 50 years with current technologies. Pacala, a plan to keep carbon in check scientific american september 2006 pp. Princeton university, department of ecology and evolutionary biology. Covering nearly threequarters of our planet, the worlds oceans are a vast and unique ecosystem from which all life on earth originated. Against gores claim that we have the technology, its notable that socolow and pacala, in their. Socolow and pacala, a plan to keep carbon in check, scientific american, sept 2006. He was a lead author on the climate stabilization wedge project with robert socolow. X up 60% or down 60% up 140% or up 60%, or down 40% urgently needed. Robert socolow and stephen pacala for two centuries now, humans have been transferring carbon from below the surface of the earth to the atmosphere, with what look to be undesirable effects for plant, animal, and human life. From impacts under business as usual a1, a2, b1, b2 to impacts in a world where carbon is managed.
One idea to begin to solve this problem, mooted in 2004 by princeton university mechanical engineer robert socolow and ecologist stephen pacala, was to identify what the scientists dubbed wedges. The sasb provides the bulletin with objective external perspective on trends and issues in these related fields, and connects the organization to outside experts. Wedge can be defined as an emission reduction of 0. Agami reddy arizona state university, tempe, az key concepts 1 slide 2. A plan to keep carbon in check request pdf researchgate. Suggest an apparatus and a measurement procedure that will allow you to determine. Romm born june 27, 1960 is an american author, blogger, editor, physicist and. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Connaughton, former chairman of the white house council on environmental quality in the bush administration, is a critic of the wedge game for its oversimplicity, and he has even said that some of the numbers used by socolow and pacala, such as 550 ppm as a maximum allowable target for co 2, lack a scientific basis. Venter envisions novel microbes that capture carbon dioxide from the. Socolow s 36 research works with 1,409 citations and 6,236 reads, including.
Romm was born and grew up in middletown, new york, the youngest of three sons of al romm 19261999, managing editor of the times heraldrecord newspaper, and ethel grodzins romm, a retired author, journalist, project manager, former ceo of an environmental technology company and former chair of the lyceum society of the new york academy of sciences. Romm is a fellow of the american association for the advancement of science. A conference on ethics and the environment the university of tennessee knoxville, tennessee april 1012, 2008for further reading, see two papers by steve pacala and rob socolow. Based on a paper by s pascala and r socolow and a presentation made by roberta hotinski. Industrial energy efficiency upstream investment other renewables methane mitigation population capture of. Wheel of wedges graphic modified after the article a plan to keep carbon in check by r.
Both notations are commonly used in the scientific literature and public forums. Robert socolow received his bachelors degree in physics from harvard college in 1959 and his ph. Combustion in a global environmental context part two. Socolow and stephen w pacala, journal scientific american, year2006, volume295 3, pages 507. The determinants of vulnerability and adaptive capacity at the national level and the implications for adaptation. The book was named one of the best science and technology books of 2004. Climate change cambridge institute for sustainability. Petrie professor in ecology and evolutionary biology at princeton university. Pacala and socolow are the authors of stabilization wedges.
The magazine publishes 15 foreign language editions and has a total of more than 1,000,000 copies in circulation worldwide. Pdf humanity already possesses the fundamental scientific, technical, and industrial knowhow to. Sep 27, 2011 socolow says this approach has a lockedin feel and presumes far more clarity from science than exists. Pacala, scientific american, 2006, using the updated information at. Solving the climate problem for the next 50 years with current technologies, s.
The science and security board sasb is comprised of a select group of globally recognized leaders with a specific focus on nuclear risk, climate change and emerging technologies. Shermer, a science historian and the founder of the skeptics society, has investigated pseudo scientific claims. The ethics of global climate change is the first collection to engage the full range of ethical issues posed by global climate change. But just as ecologist stephen pacala and physicist robert socolow. The wedges model for us health care follows the approach based on the model by pacala and socolow. Michael shermer criticized their prediction in scientific american, saying immortality is at least a millennium away, if not unattainable altogether.
Oil and the future of energy brings together the most important and accessible science writing on a topic of intense public interest and concern. The vision is that you should be able to get any book not just any book in print, but any book thats ever been in print on the kindle, in less than a minute. Socolow is professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at princeton university, where he teaches in both the school of engineering and applied science and the woodrow wilson school of public and international affairs contact all american speakers bureau to inquire about speaking fees and availability, and book the best. Apr 30, 2007 physicist robert socolow, left, and ecologist stephen pacala, right, codirectors of the carbon mitigation initiative at princeton university. In august 2004, steve pacala and i published a paper in science about. For further reading, see two papers by steve pacala and rob socolow. Scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring advances in. Pacala, a plan to keep carbon in check, scientific american, september 2006, pp. If the book is judged deficient, cite a successful example along the same lines, from the authors oeuvre. Biography and booking information for robert socolow, robert h.
Under cmi, princeton conducts coordinated research in environmental science, energy technology, geological engineering, and public policy. Therefore, prepare to negotiate with others, who have different favorite things. In north america we are experiencing a winter characterized by swift cycles from milder than usual to extreme cold exactly as predicted by chuck greene in scientific american last fall the warming arctic is destabilizing the jet stream so that it wobbles from north to south more rapidly and extremely than in. He is a fellow of the american physical society and of the american association for the advancement of science. The ethics of global climate change edited by denis g. A plan to keep carbon in check scientific american. One practical approach worth recalling is that proposed by socolow and pacala a plan to keep carbon in check, r h socolow and s a pacala, scientific american, july 2006. Ipcc wg3, summary for policymakers pacala and socolow 2004 science you might also look at socolow and pacala 2006 scientific american. August 2008 halfacentury ago, those with sufficient imagination projected. Oct 10, 2007 robert socolow and stephen pacala for two centuries now, humans have been transferring carbon from below the surface of the earth to the atmosphere, with what look to be undesirable effects for plant, animal, and human life. Environmental research letters, iop science, 9, doi. But each year the marine realm is more susceptible to harm by careless exploitation, and as demands for food, waste disposal, transport, and travel increase, the fate of the worlds oceans hangs in the balance. Wedges reaffirmed bulletin of the atomic scientists. Climate change mitigation consists of actions to limit the magnitude or rate of global warming and its related effects.
Along with robert socolow, he coedited the 1970 book, patient earth. Co 2, the dominant greenhouse gas derived from burning fossil fuel and released into the. In both the book and the movie, however, only six of socolow and pacala s seven wedges show up for duty. Jul 17, 2011 the ninth selection, by robert socolow and mary english, builds on socolow s classic science article with stephen pacala on climate stabilization wedges. This talk is based on a paper of the same title, by stephen pacala and robert socolow, published in the august, 2004, issue of science, 305 5686, pp. Science and security board bulletin of the atomic scientists. The critical role of energy efficiency in mitigating. Livinggy ethically in a greenhouse princeton university. Carbon emissions wedges for transportation a plan to keep carbon in check, r. Climate scientists in the us are seeing the risks due to the carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions and are taking appropriate measures to curb the emissions.