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Solar Power Potential with PRT: Harnessing Clean Energy for a Sustainable Future

Discover the immense potential of solar power in achieving energy independence and combating climate change. Learn how solar technology can revolutionize transportation and energy production while creating new economic opportunities.

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Solar Power Potential with PRT: Harnessing Clean Energy for a Sustainable Future

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  1. Solar Power Potential with PRT Ron Swenson ATRA Santa Cruz 2006 November 18

  2. not to mention the numerous farmers now employed in growing hay for horses.[B]oat builders would suffer and towline, whip, and harness makers would be left destitute. Martin van Buren, Governor of New York, April 1832... • not to mention the numerous farmers now employed in growing hay for horses.[B]oat builders would suffer and towline, whip, and harness makers would be left destitute. Martin van Buren, Governor of New York, April 1832... The Elevator Speech Without solar, energy independence is pure rhetoric. • Clinton’s New Generation Vehicle • Arnold’s Hydrogen Highway • GM’s Yellow Gas Cap • Bush’s Cellulosic Ethanol. Only solar energy will do the job. Solar is sufficient to power high capacity PRT -- 100 percent -- using only the system’s 4’ to 8’ right of way. If canal boats are supplanted by railroads, serious unemployment will result … If canal boats are supplanted by railroads, serious unemployment will result … ...not to mention the numerous farmers now employed in growing hay for horses. Van Buren 1832 8th President 1837-1841 ...not to mention the numerous farmers now employed in growing hay for horses. Van Buren 1832 8th President 1837-1841

  3. Global Warming over the Past Millennium Very rapidly we have entered uncharted territory… Over the 20th century, … energy consumption increased sixteenfold. Global warming from the fossil fuel greenhouse became a major, and increasingly dominant, factor in climate change.

  4. We know the peak is coming … but what can we do about it? Can Solar Energy Replace Oil?

  5. American Consumers Do Understand

  6. Net Production of Biomass in the USA www.oilcrisis.com/Patzek

  7. Swenson’s Law To avoid deprivation resulting from the exhaustion of non-renewable resources, humanity must employ conservation and renewable resource substitutes sufficient to match depletion. www.HubbertPeak.com/Swenson

  8. Thomas Edison “I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait 'til oil and coal run out before we tackle that.” (1847-1931) www.ThomasEdison.com

  9. Global Solar Energy Balance www.hubbertPeak.com/debate/oilcalcs.htm

  10. 120,000 TW of solar energy received by the Earth www.ecotopia.com/Apollo2

  11. Total Area Required for a PV Power Plant to Produce the Total US Electrical Demand www.ecotopia.com/Apollo2

  12. Solar on Rail www.SolarEvolution.com/SkyTran

  13. SkyTran Solar Solar SkyTran, with aesthetics emphasis and added power at stations

  14. Calculate Solar size, cost per Mile

  15. PV Oil PV: The Growth Industry Oil declines at 4%/yr PV increases at 50%/yr Peak +5 +10 +15 www.ecotopia.com/ASES/SolarToday

  16. Solarevolution™ More at www.SolarEvolution.com

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