DVD: Perspectives on Energy: Today & Tomorrow

In 2002, the Circum-Pacific Council, in collaboration with Stanford University and the United States Geological Survey began planning a research initiative entitled "Powering the Rim: The Future of Energy Security in the Circum-Pacific Region". This project was intended to explain energy flow within the Pacific Region and to construct scenario studies for future energy demands, culminating with an international summit in 2005. "Powering the Rim" will enhance the presentation and availability of energy resource information and improve resulting decisions about energy and policy.

This 2-disc DVD set, Perspectives on Energy, is an offshoot of the CPC-USGS-Stanford University collaboration. In Spring 2003, an undergraduate seminar series called "The Pacific Rim: Understanding Energy Flow and Policy Issues" was offered at Stanford University. A major component of this course was a public lecture series involving eleven guest speakers, each an expert in some facet of energy. This DVD set, which presents the lectures, offers perspectives on a broad array of concepts, illustrated by case studies and examples, in areas such as energy economics, policy, resources and technology. The lectures encourage viewers to think about energy in new ways, and to consider many crucial issues that previously might not have seemed related to energy. Viewers of the DVD set will gain insights into interdisciplinary topics including pricing, politics, financing and environmental issues. Collectively, these themes demonstrate the interplay of factors that influence the energy fabric of societies.

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Copyrighted by the CPC, and sponsored by the CPC, USGS and Stanford University. Persons interested in learning more about this DVD lecture series, please contact David Howell.

Speakers and Lecture Titles - Disc 1

Nahum Schneidermann, PhD, Manager, International Technical Relations, ChevronTexaco Overseas Petroleum, Inc.: "Global Distribution of Oil, Gas, and Coal"

Merwin Brown, PhD, Manager of Strategic Planning, National Renewable Energy Laboratory: "United Vision for Renewable Electricity Generation, Distributed Energy, and Hydrogen"

Joel Swisher, PhD, Team Leader, Energy & Resources Services, Rocky Mountain Institute: "Reconciling Economic and Environmental Goals with Energy Effciency and Renewable Energy"

Christopher Flavin, President, Worldwatch Institute: "The Coming Energy Revolution: Why the Fossil Fuel Age Is Doomed and What Will Replace It"

Peter Rozelle, PhD, Program Manager, Offce of Coal and Power Import/Export, United States Department of Energy : "Industrial Ecology in the Energy Business: 'Getting the Squeal Out of the Pig'"

Speakers and Lecture Titles - Disc 2

Andrew McAllister, Project Manager, Energy Solutions: "Real-World Programs for Energy Efficiency and Rural Electrification"

Frances Wood, Senior Consultant, OnLocation, Inc.: "Basics of Modeling Energy Demand and Power Supply"

Hillard Huntington, PhD, Executive Director, Stanford Energy Modeling Forum: "The Great Energy Transformation: Reforming the Electric Power Sector"

John Imle, Energy Consultant (Retired Vice-Chairman, Unocal): "Gas-The Fuel of the 21st Century: Economic, Environmental, Ethical and Political Issues of Selected Natural Gas Projects"

Yonghun Jung, PhD, Vice-President, Asia Pacific Energy Research Center: "APEC Energy Demand and Supply: Implications of Energy Trends"

Kai Anderson, PhD, Legislative Director, Staff of Senator Harry Reid: "A National Energy Plan or Wasted Energy?"