Presenter: Jason Aamodt, Attorney; Adjunct Professor, University of Tulsa
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Aamodt, Jason B.

Feamster, Blake

Guruswamy, Lakshman D.

English

Colorado Law

University of Colorado Law School Colorado Law Scholarly Commons 2012 Energy Justice Conference and Technology Exposition (September 17-18) 2012 9-17-2012 SLIDES: Appropriate Sustainable Energy Technologies: A Light to the World Lakshman D. Guruswamy Jason B. Aamodt Blake Feamster Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/energy-justice-conference-and-technology-exposition  Part of the Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics Commons, Energy and Utilities Law Commons, Energy Policy Commons, Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Commons, Environmental Engineering Commons, Environmental Health and Protection Commons, Environmental Law Commons, Environmental Policy Commons, Environmental Public Health Commons, International Business Commons, International Law Commons, International Public Health Commons, Power and Energy Commons, Science and Technology Law Commons, Sustainability Commons, Transportation Commons, Water Law Commons, and the Women's Health Commons Citation Information Guruswamy, Lakshman D.; Aamodt, Jason B.; and Feamster, Blake, "SLIDES: Appropriate Sustainable Energy Technologies: A Light to the World" (2012). 2012 Energy Justice Conference and Technology Exposition (September 17-18). https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/energy-justice-conference-and-technology-exposition/16 Reproduced with permission of the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment (formerly the Natural Resources Law Center) at the University of Colorado Law School. Appropriate Sustainable Energy Technologies:   a light to the world Dr. Lakshman D. Guruswamy Jason B. Aamodt Blake Feamster THE ISSUES  Equity Poverty Development Climate Change Legal philosophy Thermodynamics Economics THE ANALYSIS ASET’s Potential /theoretical perspective THE ISSUES EQUITY 1,300,000,000+ people without access to technologies that make useful work 2,000,000 people die each year needlessly from soot Millions more die of water borne diseases each year  POVERTY/DEVELOPMENT 1,000,000,000 earn $1.25 per day “Poverty trap” – energy technology Poverty increases population Increased population stresses resources CLIMATE CHANGE Black soot reduction can have significant GCC impacts Methane reduction can have significant GCC impacts  ASET’S POTENTIAL Clean indoor air - Cook stoves Eliminate 2,000,0000 deaths per year Reduce climate change Clean water – Tata Swach Water Filters Save millions of lives with clean water Significantly reduce energy needs   ASET’S POTENTIAL (CONT) Light/engine power/cooking/light – bio gas/ethanol Reduce climate change Provide for development Increase sovereignty/economy Electricity – bio gas, low head hydro, solar, wind Provide for economic development Increase sovereignty/economy   ANALYSIS JUSTICE Rawls – ““[w]ell-ordered peoples have a duty to assist burdened societies.” ASETs build up local capacity  - assist ASETs build up local economies – assist ASETs avoid high GHG technologies – assist future development/economies ASETs assist with protecting sovereignty   JUSTICE (CONT) Egosim  ASETs useful energy now – preferable to waiting 20 years for electricity ASETs create economic development now ASETs can help reduce population growth ASETs can reduce resource demands ASETs can increase economic opportunities – for all THERMODYNAMICS ASETs are inherently much more energy efficient  Less energy is needed  Increases Developing Country Sovereignty  Increases economic opportunities/development GHGs are reduced/eliminated/reversed by ASET  ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE Ayers  Focus on EXERGY Metabolism of an economy  Can increase current and future economies  GHG reduction Can be many times more effective than other techniques Can accomplish with lower present costs Can eliminate un-needed future retrofits/costs   CONCLUSION ASETs should occupy the highest status to meet the goal of energy for all.  

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