VT Law Eco-Econ June 17, 2005 Gary Flomenhoft uvm/~gflomenh/ VTLAW-EcoEcon/ /

1. VT Law Eco-Econ June 17, 2005 Gary Flomenhoft http://www.uvm.edu/~gflomenh/VTLAW-EcoEcon//

2. “There is nothing more difficult to carry out, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things. For those who would institute change have enemies in all those who profit by the old order, and they have only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order.” Nicolo Machiavelli, 1490

3. Climate ChangeSummary of Facts

4. 2 Billion Years of Temperature History

5. 300 Million yrs of CO2

6. 60 Million yrs of CO2

15. Summary of Units K=Kilo=thousand=103 M=Mega=million=106 G=Giga=Billion=109 T=Tera=Trillion=1012 Quad=Quadrillion=1015 Exa=1018

16. Relevant units: BTU= Unit of energy needed to raise one pound of water by one degree fahrenheit=1005J =778ft-lb=252cal Joule=. 0.001 BTU Watts=VxA=1 Joule/second Watt-hour=one Watt for one hour Quad=Quadrillion (1015) BTU

17. The Carbon Question Metric tons per GWhe

19. Composition of U.S. Energy Use 100 75 coal wood Percent of total energy use oil 50 gas 25 animal feed electricity 0 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 2000

20. GDP 1825: ~$200 BILLION 2000: $41,000 B ILLION OR $41 TRILLION =205X 1825 level.

21. Work Done in the U.S. Economy, 1850-1970 Labor Fuel Domesticated Animals

22. Stabilization Targets Greenhouse gas emission scenarios

23. How much will the Kyoto Protocol reduce emissions? Data Sources: United States Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, International Energy Outlook, 1998 and 1999.

24. Cumulative carbon emissions, 1950-1996 Data Source: Marland et al, 1999. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center.

25. Per capita emissions of carbon from industrial sources, 1996 Data Source: Marland et al, 1999. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center.

26. SINK-CLIMATE CHANGE Arctic Ice thinned by 40%: US subs

27. CLIMATE DAMAGE

28. CLIMATE DAMAGE

29. CLIMATE DAMAGE

30. CLIMATE DAMAGE

31. Europe in August 2003

32. Ocean Conveyor Belt-(Thermohaline)

33. Methane-hydrates

34. "Kyoto and its policies are inconsistent with freedom, prosperity and environmental policy progress," said Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. "I’m becoming more and more convinced, as time goes by and we look at the research, that global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people and the world." MSNBC News Link 12/10/03

35. Flo’s Eco-Illogical Cycle

36. Types of strategies/tactics: advocacy vs. service: Case Studies A) Adversarial i) Direct action ii) Legal Boycotts B) Transformational i) Lobbying ii) Education Legal C) Exemplary/Personal: individual vs collective action i) Boycott/buycott ii) SR investing iii) Whistleblowing iv) Eco-villages