{"id":2833,"date":"2015-07-20T18:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T22:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/?post_type=event&#038;p=2833"},"modified":"2016-01-19T12:31:44","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T17:31:44","slug":"an-energy-plan-for-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/event\/an-energy-plan-for-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"An Energy Plan for the 21st Century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SallyBenson.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2834\" src=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SallyBenson.jpg\" alt=\"Sally Benson\" width=\"590\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SallyBenson.webp 590w, https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SallyBenson-300x255.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE EVENT<\/p>\n<p>Global energy systems have undergone numerous transitions over human history\u2014from\u00a0wood to coal, from animals to automobiles, from candles to electric lighting. Catalysts for these changes include discovery of new energy resources, new energy conversion\u00a0technologies, limitations on material and water availability, and environmental benefits\u00a0from less polluting and safer energy options. Today, we are poised for yet another energy<br \/>\ntransition. Driven by ever growing global energy demand, concerns over providing\u00a0affordable and secure energy supplies, the need to reduce CO2 emissions, constraints on\u00a0fresh water supplies, and discovery of new energy conversion technologies\u2014we have\u00a0embarked on a transition to a low-carbon energy system that relies more heavily on\u00a0renewable energy resources. This talk will present an energy plan for the 21st century\u00a0based on the ground-breaking technology and policy research taking place today.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SPEAKER<\/p>\n<p>Sally Benson BC &#8217;77 is the Director of the Global Climate and Energy Project at Stanford University and a Professor in the Department of Energy Resources Engineering.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/barnard.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/inline\/bc_map_10.pdf\">Click here for a map of Barnard College.<\/a>\u00a0The venue is accessible to people with mobility disabilities.<\/p>\n<h3>More from this event:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>VIDEO: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/videos\/sally-benson-an-energy-plan-for-the-21st-century\/\">Sally Benson: An Energy Plan for the 21st Century<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT THE EVENT Global energy systems have undergone numerous transitions over human history\u2014from\u00a0wood to coal, from animals to automobiles, from candles to electric lighting. Catalysts for these changes include discovery of new energy resources, new energy conversion\u00a0technologies, limitations on material and water availability, and environmental benefits\u00a0from less polluting and safer energy options. Today, we are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2835,"template":"","tags":[54,20,21],"class_list":["post-2833","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-technology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/2833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/2833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3106,"href":"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/2833\/revisions\/3106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}