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Wake up everybody!
400 ppm in February 2015
“Such CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere have
likely not been seen since at least the end of the
Oligocene, 23 million years ago.”
– Scientific American
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The Age of Fossil Fuels is the necessary
LAUNCH RAMP
for the Solar Age
30,000 years
Firewood
300 years
Fossil Fuels
A billion years
Solar Energy
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A billion years
The Sun will not begin to turn
into a Red Giant for more than a billion years.
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The Sun will not begin to turn
into a Red Giant for more than a billion years.
And with every passing year,
solar technology will improve
and fall in price.
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$100B invested in wind or solar
will produce more energy than oil
- Kepler Chevreux, French investment bank,
September 2014
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No tax, saving $4,000.
Annual driving fee 7 x cheaper than a regular car.
No parking charges anywhere in Norway.
No ferry charges, no road tolls around Oslo.
Allowed to drive in the bus lanes.
Free municipal EV recharging.
Electricity $10 a week vs $55 for a regular car.
Overall savings $369 a month.
21 models to choose from.
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Solar, Wind, Wave
100% Renewables
Green Buildings
Green Cities
Cycling
Electric Transit
Electric Cars
Carsharing
Organic Farming
EcoForestry
Green Chemistry
Biomimicry
Smart Tech
Education
Innovation
Software
Robotics
3-D Printing
Soul & Eco-Tourism
Holistic Healthcare
Saying YES
to a New Green Economy
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Canada, population 35 million
500
6.6 73,000 26,000
Canada-wide
1.75
A very approximate sense of Canada’s gain
blog.floridaenergycenter.org
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Natural gas:
5 jobs per $1 million
Solar:
14.5 jobs per
$1 million
Building Retrofits:
17 jobs per $1 million
Mass Transit:
22 jobs per $1 million
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The BEST future economy
will be a green sustainable economy
with far less use of fossil fuels.
Leaving 80% of the fossil fuels
in the ground will create
a better economy.
In a nutshell…
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The whole future of the Earth
seems to depend on the awakening of
our faith in the future.
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin