Last updated on:
10/9/2014 |
Author: ProCon.org
Edwin Lyman, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Senior Scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Global Security Program
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Can Alternative Energy Effectively Replace Fossil Fuels?"
- Reasoning:
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“Roughly 86 percent of the energy Americans consumed in 2005 was generated from fossil fuels, which produce global warming emissions. Nuclear power supplied 8 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States, while hydroelectric power plants and other forms of renewable energy, including biomass, geothermal, wind, and solar, provided the remaining 6 percent…
Of the electricity used in the United States in 2005, fossil fuels generated 70 percent, nuclear power supplied roughly 21 percent, and hydroelectric dams and other renewable energy sources provided 9 percent…”
Cowritten with L. Gronlund and D. Lochbaum, “Nuclear Power in a Warming World: Assessing the Risks, Addressing the Challenges,” www.ucsusa.org, Dec. 2007
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Senior Scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Global Security Program, 2003-present
- President, Nuclear Control Institute (NCI), 1995-2003
- Expert panel member, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2001
- Member, Institute of Nuclear Materials Management
- Member, US Department of Energy Nuclear Mateiral Stabilization Task Group, 1997-1998
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, 1992-1995
- Education:
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- PhD, Theoretical Physics, Cornell University, 1992
- Other:
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- None found
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