<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>34</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cronin B. Vining</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Limited Role for Thermoelectrics in the Climate Crisis</style></title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><urls><related-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.zts.com/system/files/20080501-Summit-Vining-final_0.pdf</style></url><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.zts.com/system/files/20080501-Summit-Vining_0.ppt</style></url></related-urls></urls><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The climate crisis presents unique and largely&lt;br /&gt;unprecedented social, economic, political and technical&lt;br /&gt;challenges. The technical challenges, though enormous, may&lt;br /&gt;prove the most tractable of all. Among the technical&lt;br /&gt;challenges is the development of energy technologies with&lt;br /&gt;much reduced environmental impact This note provides an&lt;br /&gt;overview of thermoelectric technology, a solid state &amp;lsquo;heat&lt;br /&gt;engine&amp;rsquo; capable of converting heat to electricity or&lt;br /&gt;alternatively converting electricity into cooling. Such an&lt;br /&gt;overview is timely because thermoelectric technology has&lt;br /&gt;made significant scientific progress in recent years and its&lt;br /&gt;potential to reduce the environmental impact of electrical&lt;br /&gt;power generation has been discussed. While the science,&lt;br /&gt;technology and business of thermoelectrics has never been&lt;br /&gt;stronger than today, the opportunity for a material impact on&lt;br /&gt;the climate crisis appears limited. Only a single application,&lt;br /&gt;recovery of vehicle waste heat, appears plausible in this&lt;br /&gt;respect. And even that application faces stiff barriers.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record></records></xml>