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Sequestering CO2 in the Built Environment

By Brent Constanz - Stanford
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  • Spring 2009
  • Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
  • Stanford

Lecture Description

February 18, 2009 lecture by Brent Constanz for the Woods Energy Seminar (ENERGY301). In his talk "A Pathway for Widespread Utilization of Geothermal Energy--the Roles of Multi-scale Resource and Technology Research and Systems Analysis," Brent Constanz states that concrete is the most used product worldwide next to water and he suggests that we could safely, cheaply, and quickly store carbon dioxide in concrete at the rate of about six billion yards per year.

Course Description

Course Index

  1. The Real Story on Fuel Economy
  2. New Ways for Regulating Greenhouse Gases
  3. Sustainable Aviation
  4. Renewable Ocean Energy Conversion Systems
  5. Smart Grids & Decarbonizing the Power Sector
  6. A Pathway for Widespread Geothermal Energy
  7. Sequestering CO2 in the Built Environment
  8. Nuclear Sustainability and Climate Change
  9. Global Coal Market
  10. Renewable Energy and the Economy
  11. Killers Apps for the Smart Grid
  12. Benefits of a Restructured Electric Industry
  13. Adaptation to Climate Change
  14. LIFE: Laser Initial Fusion Energy System
  15. Carbon Sequestration & Natural Gas Extraction