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Roll On: the hydro legacy a nd the clean energy future. KC Golden Climate Solutions 02.19.14. What if it were an emergency?. What would Winnie say?. “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat”. “Co-benefits” my arse. At stake: Everything.
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Roll On: the hydro legacy and the clean energy future KC Golden Climate Solutions 02.19.14
What would Winnie say? “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat” “Co-benefits” my arse
At stake: Everything Current path: “is incompatible with organized global community, is likely to be beyond ‘adaptation’, is devastating to the majority of ecosystems & has a high probability of not being stable (i.e. 4°C [7F] would be an interim temp. on the way to a much higher equilibrium)” - Kevin Anderson, Director , Tyndall Centre for Climate Change “Ouch” - KC Golden, Policy Director, Climate Solutions “Dad, dude, do you have any idea how much that would suck?” - Jonah Golden
Snowpack down 56-70% Sea-level rise: up to $100 trillion a year
Kids, you’ve tried your best and you’ve failed miserably. The lesson is you should never, ever try
Inaction Denial Confusion “I don’t think this is a big issue, because nobody’s doing anything about it.”
WHAT TO DO? Scale and hope Change a bulb. Change the world.
Hmm…Who do we know who could think really big? “Seattle is blessed with hydropower” Unh uh. We built that.
Ending the fossil fuel age. Now’s the time. Here’s good. “Renewable” not “alternative” Coal-free. Soon. “2 energy systems” Less oil, more prosperity, democracy
Possible? $4
Possible? If it were absolutely necessary… …do you really doubt that it would be POSSIBLE???
“The world would never amount to a hill of beans if people didn’t use their imaginations to think of the impossible.”