Some fun and informative extras

Article – 2012 Hottest Year on Record in Contiguous U.S. – The Washington Post, January 8, 2013

Article – Time to Confront Climate Change – The New York Times, December 27, 2012

Article – Extreme Climate Predictions Appear Most Accurate – The Washington Post, November 8, 2012

Blog – Andrew Revkin’s Dot Earth at the New York Times

Video – TED Talk by David Roberts: Climate Change is Simple

Video – Alex Steffen’s TED Talk on the route to a sustainable future

Video - David MacKay: A reality check on renewables

Video – Donald Sadoway talks about energy storage

NREL’s renewable energy conversion tool. Convert renewable energy values (kWh; MW) into other meaningful metrics, such as CO2 emissions offset or number of average households’ electricity needs met.