The Icelandic Volcano did not stop me! I made a poster presentation of my paper, The Effect That a US Signature on a Kyoto-II Climate Change Mitigation Treaty (or an Equivalent US Domestic Change Mitigation Policy) Will Have on the US Wind Industry, at the 2010 European Wind Energy Conference, 20-23 April, Warsaw, Poland.  

Since the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) entered into force (21 March 1994), the parties to the UNFCC have been meeting annually in the Conference of the Parties (COP) to assess the progress in dealing with climate change. Beginning in the mid-1990's, the COP was used to negotiate the Kyoto Protocol. The Protocol was initially adopted on 11 Dec 1997 in Kyoto Japan (Kyoto-I), it entered into force on 16 Feb 2005 and, unless extended (Kyoto-II) at COP 17, it will end on 31 Dec 2012. COP 17 will be held 28 Nov-9 Dec 2011 in Durban, South Africa.

Because of COP 17, I am giving the public open access to my 2010 EWEC paper and poster.  My poster will look good on your office wall and on the office wall of your US Congressional Representative, your US Senator or your US President.  You can put my poster on your children's bedroom wall and can tell them that this is their future (hopefully). 

I am also giving open access to my 2008 Latin American Wind Conference presentation, The Use of the Kyoto Protocol and its Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to Help Finance Wind Plants in Latin American Countries, and to my 2009 Michigan Wind Energy Conference presentation, A Mandatory US Federal Carbon Emissions Program (Kyoto-II) Will Reduce the Cost Advantage that Michigan Fossil Electricity has over Michigan Wind Electricity. 

GO TO: PRESENTATION at the EWEC 2010, Warsaw, Poland, 20-23 April      GO TO: http://twitthis.com/r44ec4

Open access to these documents ends on 20 June 2012, the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere.

The annual Meeting of the American Economics Association (AEA) was held 6-8 Jan 2012 in Chicago. I live in Chicago. I attended the annual meetings. In addition to being a consulting energy economist, I am a retired (29 years full-time, tenured) Economics Professor. I only attend these meetings. I did not present any papers nor will I sit on any panels. 

To show my current energy economic work to my AEA peers, I have prepared two analyses, The Cost of Solar Electricity from Abengoa's Arizona CSP Plant with Storage, based on the WSJ article, Rebecca Smith, Solar Plant to Generate Power After Sundown, 12/31/10 and Why Rising Rood and Energy Prices are a Big Worry in response to Lawrence Meyer's 3/24/11 NYT Op/Ed, Why Rising Food and Energy Prices are not a Big Worry. Meyer is a former member of the Fed Board of Governors

This offer ends on Earth Day, 22 April 2012. For my analysis go to:  http://www.nvo.com/stavy/aea