Professor Wayne Hayes
V. 0.3 | 11/21/2013

Brown puts forth his goals in Plan B --- A Plan to
Save Civilization, pages 23-27. His daunting goals are:
1. Cut CO2 emissions by 80% by 2020.
2. Stabilize population at or below 8 billion.
3. Eradicate poverty.
4. Restore earth’s natural systems.

Carbon emissions is not linked strongly to happiness.
Source: Treehugger (2009 data)

Brown starts with energy and climate.
To get started, see these recent articles:
1.
Offshore Wind Power Line Wins Backing , Matthew
Wald, New York Times, October 12, 2010.
2.
Google backs power cable for N.J. offshore wind ,
Power Line Wins Backing, Eliot Caroom, Star Ledger,
March 2011.
3.
Koch brothers declare war on offshore wind , Keith
Harrington, Grist, July 15, 2011.

Brown’s response includes chapters 4 through 10.
Chapters 4 and 5 are on energy supply and
demand. See my notes:
• Chapter 4, Stabilizing Climate: An Energy
Efficiency Revolution , on the demand side
• Chapter 5, Stabilizing Climate: Shifting to
Renewable Energy , on supply and renewable sources of energy.

My notes also include chapters 7 through 10.
Please see my notes from the course web site on chapters 7 through 10 .