‘Swanson's Law’ plan to mitigate global climate change
| Autor: | Dirk Bennett, Richard T. Hansen, Larry Partain, Allan Newlands, Lewis Fraas, Shirley F. Hansen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Swanson's law
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Meteorology Natural resource economics business.industry Global warming Fossil fuel Climate change 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Generating capacity 01 natural sciences law.invention law Greenhouse gas Solar cell 040102 fisheries 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Environmental science business 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Solar variation |
| Zdroj: | 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC). |
| DOI: | 10.1109/pvsc.2016.7750284 |
| Popis: | Extrapolations of ‘Swanson's Law’ (a learning curve) and its replot project that solar cells (predominately crystalline Si so far) can match the world's current power generating capacity at lower costs than fossil fuels and with a net gain in jobs — all by 2032. Existing wind and solar cell resources are sufficient for this transition. If wind and solar variability can be accommodated, greenhouse gas emissions (from burning fossil fuels) can be eliminated 18 years earlier than others propose. This is probably necessary to avoid disastrous climate change, which is likely irreversible over a 1000's-of-years-time-frame, if all fossil fuels are burned. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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