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Perspectives on the Big Picture

Perspectives on the Big Picture. By Tom Anderson. On Space Ship Earth. Humans are not the Passengers We are part of the Crew. The Age of Fossil Fuels In a 10 Thousand Year Frame. Human Capacity for Work. Gasoline vrs Human. Regular Gas is 125,000 BTUs per gal

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Perspectives on the Big Picture

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  1. Perspectives on the Big Picture By Tom Anderson

  2. On Space Ship Earth Humans are not the Passengers We are part of the Crew

  3. The Age of Fossil FuelsIn a 10 Thousand Year Frame

  4. Human Capacity for Work

  5. Gasoline vrs Human • Regular Gas is 125,000 BTUs per gal • Let’s allow a 25% conversion to work • Therefore a gal is 31,250 BTUs • At a human rate of 249 Watts of output • It would take you 37 hours of peddling

  6. Value of Human WorkCompared to Gasoline • Gasoline is about $4 per gallon • Human output is about 249 Watt hrs / hr • Or about 854 BTUs per hr • Or about 0.03 gallons of gas per hr • Or about $0.11 per hr

  7. Perspective • The age of fossil fuels has greatly shifted and distorted our estimation of the value of human work • When people think about there being less fossil fuel they panic as they see it as a contraction of what they can do. • As a negation of the idea of abundance • But it is NOT

  8. The Age of Fossil FuelsIn a 10 Thousand Year Frame

  9. Living Lighter Party!

  10. Let’s Talk Trash

  11. How Much Energy Does It Use

  12. What’s A Girl To Do

  13. Abundance • The abundance of human creativity • The abundance of work available to supply human needs • The abundance of satisfaction in doing something productive to help others • The abundance of rich and vibrant communities • The abundance of possible human relationships

  14. Methane: Farm Power NW

  15. Methane: Dry Fermentation

  16. CHP Proportion of Electricity and District Heating Production 19

  17. Composition of Fuels in District Heating Production 20

  18. Combined Heat and Power

  19. Combined Heat and Power • Infinia’s Micro CHP • Sterling engine electrical generator • Available soon!!

  20. Public Policy • State legislation supporting solar installations. • Community solar projects

  21. Tom Anderson 739-1968 tomxyza@comcast.net Thank You for Your Time and Attention Questions

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