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Wake Up Call Eastside Rail Now! … a response to Peak Oil

Wake Up Call Eastside Rail Now! … a response to Peak Oil. Ron Swenson Director ASPO USA March 10, 2010. Spinning our Wheels. Corn Ethanol. Water Essential to make energy. Leveling Appalachia The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining. From GridLock to Gas Lines. Are Cars our future?.

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Wake Up Call Eastside Rail Now! … a response to Peak Oil

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  1. Wake Up CallEastside Rail Now! … a response to Peak Oil Ron SwensonDirector ASPO USAMarch 10, 2010

  2. Spinningour Wheels

  3. Corn Ethanol

  4. Water Essential to make energy

  5. Leveling AppalachiaThe Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining

  6. From GridLock to Gas Lines

  7. Are Cars our future?

  8. Good Day Sunshine!

  9. A Plan for a Sustainable Future by 2030 Wind, water and solar technologies can provide 100 percent of the world's energy, eliminating all fossil fuels.

  10. Peak Solar

  11. San Jose’s Green Vision

  12. 10 X

  13. Silicon Valley: A dollar will get you 10!

  14. Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) www.SolarEvolution.com/PRT

  15. San José RFP:Automated Transit Network • Ensure that the ATN system is built … utilizing renewable energy • … maximize energy efficiency and potentially be powered in whole or part by renewable energy. • … and calculating carbon emissions reductions achievable through renewable energy • evaluate cost/benefits of using renewable energy to offset all or a portion of the energy requirements • Provide analysis of cost/savings and recommend specifications to execute energy-efficiency and renewable energy strategies…

  16. Tonatiuh

  17. Solar Transport

  18. 2 seconds apart @ 90 km/hr = 50 m 3m 2m Solar Race Car and the Solar Highway Solar Race Car averages 90 km/hr with 6 m2 solar panel Knowing it can be done, let’s ramp onto the Solar Highway … 17 X … Podcars have 50 m ÷ 3 m = 17 X more collection area than solar race cars!

  19. Idling Loss Engine Loss 13% Drivetrain Braking Aero Drag Accessories Rolling How can solar do so much? Actually, fossil fuels do very little! Most of the useful energy is used to move metal… Less than 1% of the total energy moves the driver!

  20. 10 X

  21. When the going gets tough…

  22. USA as a Trading “Partner” imports exports Gap

  23. Inequality

  24. Germany’s Success Half as much sun, 10 times more solar

  25. Public Service NJ "Absent a clear national commitment to renewable [energy] and to greenhouse gas limits, we will continue to see the supply chain shift overseas, and the promise of the green economy could slip away," said Ralph Izzo, president and chief executive of Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., a New Jersey utility that has invested aggressively in solar power.

  26. Council on Competitiveness …U.S. business leaders … disagree sharply over how to encourage renewable-energy investment without imposing higher costs on consumers or businesses that depend on fossil fuels. "This is probably one of the more difficult subjects we've ever had to deal with" … said Chad Holliday, who … leads the … Council on Competitiveness, a group pushing the government to overhaul energy policy. "Every country … wants … green jobs," Holliday said ... "If we move fast, we can get at least our share. But there's a downside. If we sit back and allow other countries to build that infrastructure . . . we're going to lose.” http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-energy24-2009oct24,0,3902427.story

  27. Buy America!

  28. J Y “Dave” Wang Two kinds of businessman: • Good businessman • Selling • Bad businessman • Buying 1975

  29. Wake Up!!! … to the Power of Solar www.ecotopia.com/workshops

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