Mdia p3-06-carbon-cycle-150420

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File: MDIA-p3-06-CARBON-CYCLE-150420.odp Peter Burgess (c) All rights reserved
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CARBON CYCLE

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3. CARBON … an enormously
important scientific element.
… and a critical link between
chemistry and biology
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4. The burning of CARBON produces
carbon dioxide, a colorless gas
that changes the heat transfer
properties of the atmosphere.
The chemical formula for carbon
dioxide is CO2
CO2 is a Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
… an important causal factor in
global warming.
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5. The following slides show various
depictions of the CO2 dimension
of the CARBON CYCLE
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EOPCARBON CYCLE

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EOPCARBON RESERVOIRS AND FLUXES

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EOPCARBON CYCLE – CARBON STORES

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EOPCARBON SINK

11. In addition to CARBON DIOXIDE,
there is also METHANE.
CH4 is the chemical formula for
methane
METHANE is a far more potent
greenhouse gas (GHG) than CO2
by a factor of more than twenty.
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EOPMETHANE CYCLE

13. The industrial revolution has been
enabled by fossil fuel energy based
on CARBON.
Without energy, the modern quality
of life we enjoy cannot exist.
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14. CONUNDRUM …
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15. How to have the energy we need to
sustain and improve quality of life
while also reducing the dangerous
impact that GHGs are having on the
atmosphere?
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16. We need technology to come to the
rescue!
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17. Clean energy renewables:
● Wind
● Solar
● Hydro
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18. Best practice for fossil fuels:
● Carbon capture and sequestration
technology
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EOPCARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION

20. Best practice for fossil fuels:
● Using algae to capture carbon
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EOPALGAE TO CAPTURE CARBON

22. Least cost power generation in
money profit terms results in worst
behavior relative to environment.
When carbon emissions are costed
using a standard impact metric …
the calculation will be different.
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23. 1 metric ton of CO2 = 1 EDU
1 metric ton of CH4 = 27 EDUs
* EDU is an Environmental Degradation Unit
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24. At the moment we do not know the
exchange rate that will apply
between a unit of money value such
as the US dollar and the EDU
This is not important at this stage.
The first step is to have a single
measure that works for all aspects
of environmental degradation.
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25. Moving forward … Request
for collaboration
Money is part of a complex socio-enviro-economic
system. While it works … it does not work as well as it
should, nor as well as it could. The work of MDIA is to
enable this complex system to work better.
MDIA needs to be a team effort. Join in and help to
make the world a better place. Please get in touch.
Peter Burgess … peterbnyc@gmail.com
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