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DESCRIPTION:Energy is Everything and Everything is Energy. Gandhiji’s sta
 tement that “Earth has enough for everybody’s need but not for anybody
 ’s greed” is as fundamental as the fact Sun rising from the East. Howe
 ver\, in contradiction\, the world economies are increasingly trying to pr
 oduce more and consume more. This contradiction is fueled mainly by fossil
  energy(80-85%)\, leading to another contradiction wherein increasing ener
 gy consumption is required to maintain economic growth\, while rampant use
  of fossil energy is causing climate change. Climate change is threatening
  not only sustainable life but the sustainability of life on the planet. W
 e have only 7-9 years left before we reach global warming of 1.5 degree C 
 (IPCC report). Therefore “drastic” and “immediate” actions are req
 uired to mitigate climate change. The solution lies in adopting Energy Swa
 raj or generating and consuming energy locally. Adopting Energy Swaraj wil
 l also help in skill development\, livelihood creation\, energy independen
 ce\, local economy strengthening\, and of course\, climate change mitigati
 on. To create a public movement and establish Energy Swaraj across\, an 11
  years long Energy Swaraj Yatra (2020-30) through a solar bus is undertake
 n by Prof. Chetan S. Solanki\, IIT Bombay. Prof. Solanki lives in bus and 
 has pledged not to go home for 11 years. The talk covers philosophical\, t
 echnical\, economic\, social\, and environmental aspects of energy and cli
 mate change\, along with a demonstration of the Energy Swaraj bus having f
 acilities for working\, meeting sleeping\, cooking\, washing\, and trainin
 g.\n\nSpeaker(s): Prof. Chetan Solanki\, \n\nBldg: H05\, Academic Building
 \, IIITDM Kancheepuram\, Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road\, Chennai\, Tamil Nadu\
 , India\, 600127\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/311631
LOCATION:Bldg: H05\, Academic Building\, IIITDM Kancheepuram\, Vandalur-Kel
 ambakkam Road\, Chennai\, Tamil Nadu\, India\, 600127\, Virtual: https://e
 vents.vtools.ieee.org/m/311631
ORGANIZER:kppradhan@iiitdm.ac.in
SEQUENCE:2
SUMMARY:Technical Talk on "Climate Change\, Energy Swaraj & I"
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/311631
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Energy is Everything and Everything is Ene
 rgy. Gandhiji&rsquo\;s statement that &ldquo\;Earth has enough for everybo
 dy&rsquo\;s need but not for anybody&rsquo\;s greed&rdquo\; is as fundamen
 tal as the fact Sun rising from the East. However\, in contradiction\, the
  world economies are increasingly trying to produce more and consume more.
  This contradiction is fueled mainly by fossil energy(80-85%)\, leading to
  another contradiction wherein increasing energy consumption is required t
 o maintain economic growth\, while rampant use of fossil energy is causing
  climate change. Climate change is threatening not only sustainable life b
 ut the sustainability of life on the planet. We have only 7-9 years left b
 efore we reach global warming of 1.5 degree C (IPCC report). Therefore &ld
 quo\;drastic&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;immediate&rdquo\; actions are required to
  mitigate climate change. The solution lies in adopting Energy Swaraj or g
 enerating and consuming energy locally. Adopting Energy Swaraj will also h
 elp in skill development\, livelihood creation\, energy independence\, loc
 al economy strengthening\, and of course\, climate change mitigation. To c
 reate a public movement and establish Energy Swaraj across\, an 11 years l
 ong Energy Swaraj Yatra (2020-30) through a solar bus is undertaken by Pro
 f. Chetan S. Solanki\, IIT Bombay. Prof. Solanki lives in bus and has pled
 ged not to go home for 11 years. The talk covers philosophical\, technical
 \, economic\, social\, and environmental aspects of energy and climate cha
 nge\, along with a demonstration of the Energy Swaraj bus having facilitie
 s for working\, meeting sleeping\, cooking\, washing\, and training.</p>
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