Presentations
View Dr. Scott W. Tinker's presentations on energy concepts. Browse these presentations, videos and slide decks and use them to give your own presentation.
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Downloadable Presentations
These downloadable slide decks are for you to use to help educate others. They are non-partisan, data rich, animated, and hopefully fun. It represents my evolved thinking over the past 40+ years. And next year, it will evolve some more! You can pick and choose from slides of interest.
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Energy Concepts
The Three Es
Energy, the environment, and the economy are linked. The overlap, called the radical middle, requires critical thinking.
7 Slides
04m 20s
Demand Curve
Energy demand varies daily. Balancing supply with demand is not trivial.
5 Slides
05m 43s
Energy and Economic Poverty
Energy poverty is closely tied to economic poverty. Energy poverty impacts us all.
11 Slides
07m 55s
Global Electricity
Electricity use is growing globally. Some forms of electricity are baseload. Others are intermittent and require backup.
12 Slides
06m 24s
Energy Transition
The energy mix transitions slowly. A wise energy transition will address both economic and environmental needs.
11 Slides
06m 52s
Environmental Impacts of Energy
All forms of energy, at scale, have environmental impacts. These can be local air, atmosphere, land, and water.
14 Slides
11m 54s
Four Pillars of Energy Security
The four pillars of energy security are affordable, available, reliable, and sustainable. Secure energy drives human behavior.
7 Slides
05m 53s
Energy Efficiency and Consumption
Energy efficiency can reduce per capita consumption without altering our way of life.
7 Slides
05m 46s
CO2 Emissions and Reduction
To impact CO2 emissions in the time frame required by climate models requires a combination of several major approaches.
17 Slides
12m 39s
Electric Vehicles
EV's are growing, but represent a small percentage of total vehicles and require trillions of new batteries with environmental impacts.
13 Slides
09m 20s
Cost of Electricity
The cost of electricity varies considerably by location, fuel mix, technology, policy, and more.
9 Slides
06m 09s
Energy Mix
The energy mix varies by region as a function of resource availability, affordability, reliability, technology, policy, and more.
8 Slides
08m 32s
Geologic Climate Change
Climate change through geologic time provides perspective on recent climate change.
13 Slides
13m 13s
Energy Poverty Trends and Impacts
Energy poverty is decreasing, but still impacts billions directly and everyone indirectly.
13 Slides
11m 11s
Transporting Natural Gas with Liquefied Natural Gas
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is growing as an important way to transport natural gas globally.
5 Slides
02m 50s
Oil and Gas Production
Global production of oil and natural gas continues to grow. Unconventional shale reservoirs play a growing role.
8 Slides
04m 25s
Oil and Gas Resources and Use
Global oil and gas resources are vast; made more so by the recent technologies to develop shale reservoirs.
11 Slides
05m 05s
Shale Resource Studies
Converting vast shale resources to reserves and production requires technology, investment, regulatory policy, and more.
10 Slides
07m 46s
US Energy Resources
All forms of energy (fossil, renewable, and nuclear) are resources. Resources are not evenly distributed.
22 Slides
07m 30s
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