With all the noise surrounding environmental discussions, can we cut through it all and see the potential that emerging technologies offer for new sources of energy and a clean world? ----more---- Topic: Avoiding partisanship on a politically charged topic Alternative energy Viability, variability, and Solar power Timeline of viability Paul Rodgers: Solar Power Viable Within A Decade, Says IEA https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulrodgers/2014/09/30/the-rise-of-solar/#78424dc57e58 Projected technological take off and International Energy Agency expectations Estimated costs Salt and Energy NY Post: Salt could be the future of renewable energy https://nypost.com/2019/05/09/salt-could-be-the-future-of-renewable-energy/ Salt-based heat storage and an energy back-up Berlin’s Reuter Thermal Plant by Vattenfall and SaltX Challenges in adopting and implementing new energy sources Reliability, Infrastructure, and cost https://ourrenewablefuture.org/chapter-3/ Difference in name-plate capacity to actual output Comparing solar, wind, hydrogen, and fossil fuels Hydrogen Fuel Cells What happened to this promised technology? How hydrogen fuel cells work Advantages and Disadvantages Elon Musk and hydrogen fuel cells CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/21/musk-calls-hydrogen-fuel-cells-stupid-but-tech-may-threaten-tesla.html Infrastructure and cost Professor Antonelli, Lancaster University, on development and cost Emerging technologies for environmental clean-up Nano-technology and clean-up https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-and-the-environment.php https://interestingengineering.com/graphene-nanobots-clean-pollutants-ocean Risks of nano-technology to the environment Over saturation Absorption of toxins and pollutants Unpredictability in natural environments For the Church The dangers of hyperbole and fear Dealing with disagreement “In Essentials Unity, In Non-Essentials Liberty, In All Things Charity” Christian’s relationship to creation The inherent value of the created world Eschatological perspectives related to creation care Creation revealing God’s glory Responsibility of stewardship Implication of the Imago Dei Christian ethics and competing needs Balancing competing needs IRD interview with Vijay Jayaraj https://juicyecumenism.com/2016/02/17/christianity-the-environment-economic-development/ Looking Ahead: Laboratory-evolved bacteria consuming carbon dioxide https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191127161450.htm Passages Referenced: Genesis 1:31 Psalm 19:1-6 Psalm 24:1   Facebook: fb.me/SGSTPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGSTPodcast   Intro and outro music: Cosmic Pluck from Vycroft. ( https://freesound.org/people/vykroft/ ) “For the Church Segment” transition music: Marketing from Skibka Music. ( https://freesound.org/people/SkibkaMusic/ )