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The answer to climate change isn’t technical. Nor is it financial… …”. “ Poverty Has No Causes… ”. Aki Energy is a non-profit social enterprise that works with First Nations to create employment and business opportunities through geothermal energy. .
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The answer to climate change isn’t technical. Nor is it financial……”
Aki Energy is a non-profit social enterprise that works with First Nations to create employment and business opportunities through geothermal energy.
In our first year • 110 homes retrofitted • 720 PAYS eligible households in Peguis and Fisher River. • 73 kilometres of loop installed. • 22 Band members employed. • $1,615,130 financed through Manitoba Hydro’s PAYS program to date. • $143,000 estimated annual utility bill reduction. • $3 million bill reduction over 20 years.
Direct Fossil Fuel Expenditures - MB ($3.9 billion total expenditures) • $75 m electricity • $38 m heating fuel • $279 m machinery fuel • $621 m fertilizers • $263 m pesticides • $569 m commercial feed • Custom work, seed, etc…
$1.50 per meal 300,000 meals / day $150 million per year $150-$200k revenues / yr per farm 20% initially = $30 million/yr
What’s Needed? • A New Manitoba Hydro Act with New Mandate • Green Energy Supply • A New Utility: “Bill Cutter” • Geothermal communities and neighbourhoods • Green vehicle lease and electric infrastructure • 20% Taxpayer food LFP by 2016
Rather than individual change focus on institutional change…