energy crisis … in silicon valley how will i be affected ???

ENERGY CRISIS

… in Silicon Valley

How will I be affected ???

Crisis =

DANGER OPPORTUNITYOPPORTUNITY

Carbon SiliconSilicon

Silicon Valley

Powered By …

Silicon Energy

Earth’s only energy source

NONRENEWABLEOil –Gas –Coal

Capturing the sun’s energy

RENEWABLEWindWaveBiomass Geothermal

– andSILICON ENERGY(‘solar

cells’)

Decarbonizing Silicon Valley energy

CARBON-based

– Natural resources: coal, oil, gas

– Limited Supply

– Non-renewable

SILICON-based

– Natural resources: sand (quartz)

– Abundant Supply– Renewable &

Reusable

Periodic Table of Elements

Periodic Table of Elements

Atomic Relationship

Carbon

Silicon

Journey of a silicon atom

SILICON in the star dust becomes Earth dust

into new mountains dragonfly wings

great scaly trees buried into the Earth

CARBON coal plankton seagrass fishes

the great dance of life oceans' sediment Pushed downward Earth's core warms

Oil and Gas

Carbon cycle

The carbon cycle is the complex path that carbon follows through the atmosphere, oceans, and soil; through plants and animals; and through fossil fuel formation and use.

How solar (silicon) cells work

When light hits a solar panel, an electron in a silicon atom is knocked from its orbit. This free electron is absorbed by another silicon atom … and on it goes from atom to atom creating a movement of electrons. This ‘electricity’ moves through a wire into a motor generating power to run our appliances.

Villages to model new energy ?

Demonstrating the ‘power’ that will be used to drive next generation innovation in Silicon Valley