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DTSTART:20161012T230000Z
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LOCATION:WID\,  H.F. Deluca Forum\, 330 North Orchard Street\, Madison
    Reception follows in the Atrium 7-8 pm
SUMMARY:Reversing Climate Change Economically\, 2016-17 Hilldale Lectu
 re in the Physical Sciences\, Free and Open to the Public\, Frank Shu\
 , University Professor Emeritus\, UC Berkeley and San Diego
DESCRIPTION:2015 saw an international agreement to limit the mean glob
 al temperature rise since the Industrial Revolution to 1.5-2 degrees C
 . I will present technologies developed by our team that can achieve a
  reversal of climate change. (1) Supertorrefaction uses the heat capac
 ity of molten salts to convert waste biomass into biocarbon.<br>
\n(2)
  Two-fluid molten-salt breeder-reactors operate on the renewable thori
 um fuel cycle. With a combination of these technologies It should be p
 ossible to limit the rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide to 350 ppm bef
 ore year 2100. Thus\, children yet to be born may inherit the climate 
 that the older members of the audience enjoyed when they were young.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=4280
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