PIRSA:13040030

Energy and the Environment - What Physicists Can Do

Baez, J. (2013). Energy and the Environment - What Physicists Can Do . Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/13040030

Baez, John. Energy and the Environment - What Physicists Can Do . Perimeter Institute, Apr. 17, 2013, https://pirsa.org/13040030 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:13040030,
            doi = {10.48660/13040030},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/13040030},
            author = {Baez, John},
            keywords = {Mathematical physics},
            language = {en},
            title = {Energy and the Environment - What Physicists Can Do },
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2013},
            month = {apr},
            note = {PIRSA:13040030 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

John Baez University of California System

DOI 10.48660/13040030
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

The global warming crisis is part of a bigger transformation in which humanity realizes that the Earth is a finite system and that our population, energy usage, and the like cannot continue to grow exponentially. While politics and economics pose the biggest challenges, physicists are in a good position to help make this transition a bit easier. After a quick review of the problems, we discuss a few ways physicists can help.