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Silicon Energy Crisis in Silicon Valley: Danger or Opportunity?

Explore the impact of the energy crisis on Silicon Valley and how it can be a turning point. Learn about carbon vs. silicon energy sources, renewable options, and the journey of a silicon atom. Discover the significance of silicon in capturing the sun's energy and its role in powering the valley. Dive into the carbon cycle, the functioning of solar cells, and the potential for new energy models to drive innovation.

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Silicon Energy Crisis in Silicon Valley: Danger or Opportunity?

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  1. ENERGY CRISIS … in Silicon Valley How will I be affected ???

  2. Crisis = DANGEROPPORTUNITY Carbon Silicon

  3. Silicon Valley Powered By … Silicon Energy

  4. Earth’s only energy source

  5. Capturing the sun’s energy RENEWABLE • Wind • Wave • Biomass • Geothermal • and • SILICON ENERGY(‘solar cells’) NONRENEWABLE Oil –Gas –Coal

  6. Decarbonizing Silicon Valley energy CARBON-based • Natural resources: coal, oil, gas • Limited Supply • Non-renewable SILICON-based • Natural resources: • sand (quartz) • Abundant Supply • Renewable & Reusable

  7. Periodic Table of Elements

  8. Periodic Table of Elements

  9. Atomic Relationship Carbon Silicon

  10. Journey of a silicon atom SILICON in the star dust becomes Earth dust into new mountains dragonfly wings great scaly trees buried into the Earth CARBON coal plankton seagrass fishes the great dance of life oceans' sediment Pushed downward Earth's core warms Oil and Gas

  11. Carbon cycle The carbon cycle is the complex path that carbon follows through the atmosphere, oceans, and soil; through plants and animals; and through fossil fuel formation and use.

  12. How solar (silicon) cells work When light hits a solar panel, an electron in a silicon atom is knocked from its orbit. This free electron is absorbed by another silicon atom … and on it goes from atom to atom creating a movement of electrons. This ‘electricity’ moves through a wire into a motor generating power to run our appliances.

  13. Villages to model new energy ? Demonstrating the ‘power’ that will be used to drive next generation innovation in Silicon Valley

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