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by Florida Department of Environmental Protection at Disney’s Colorado Springs Resort Conference Center

Annual Power Generation Conference. by Florida Department of Environmental Protection at Disney’s Colorado Springs Resort Conference Center. Presented by Tommy Boroughs July 30, 2009. Renewal and Alternative Energy and the Beginning of the Green Revolution. We Live In Interesting Times.

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by Florida Department of Environmental Protection at Disney’s Colorado Springs Resort Conference Center

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  1. Annual Power Generation Conference by Florida Department of Environmental Protectionat Disney’s Colorado Springs Resort Conference Center Presented by Tommy Boroughs July 30, 2009

  2. Renewal and Alternative Energy and the Beginning of the Green Revolution

  3. We Live In InterestingTimes

  4. And We Live in Worrisome Times if You Are A: • Utility • Manufacturer • In the Transportation Business • Farmer • Business Owner • Homeowner

  5. Or, If You Are A Person Living: • Anywhere in the United States! • Anywhere in the World!

  6. For the First Time (in the United States), There Would be a Price on Carbon And… This Would Fundamentally Change the Relationship Between Energy and the Consumer

  7. And… This Would Mean that Each of Us Would Have to Think Differently About How We Use Energy

  8. Tommy’s Odds for: • Energy and Climate Change Legislation: • Range of Between 3 to 2 and 2 to 1 • Energy Legislation (Either with Climate Change Bill or Separately): • 20 to 1

  9. Arguments in Favor of Energy and Climate Legislation: • Much More Likely Than Not That Man’s Burning of Fossil Fuels is Adding to Global Warming

  10. Developing Countries Not Likely To Do Anything Unless United States Does Something

  11. Energy Security

  12. President Obama Very Much Wants Energy and Climate Changes Legislation (Preferably Before He Goes to Denmark in December for Talks on Kyoto Accord)

  13. Need for Certainty by Utilities and the Manufacturing Industry

  14. Preference for Congress to Regulate Greenhouse Gasses Than for the EPA

  15. Nuclear Power – Some Supporters of Nuclear Power in the Senate will Support an Energy and Climate Change Bill to Get Support They Want for Nuclear Power

  16. World Supply of Fossil Fuel is Finite.

  17. Economic Development and job, jobs, jobs

  18. Energy Legislation, Either at the Federal or the State Level, is Especially Important in Florida

  19. POWER GENERATION IN THE FUTURE: • Much More Distributed Energy • Millions of Local Producers of Renewal Energy • All with Access to Intelligent Utility Networks • Buildings Will Function as Power Plants • Nuclear Reactors Fueled by Thorium

  20. Renewal and Alternative Energy and the Beginning of the Green Revolution

  21. Each of Us Will Have to Make a Fundamental Life Style Change in the Way We: • Think About and How We Use Energy

  22. Thank You for Attending.Tommy BoroughsHolland & Knight LLPtommy.boroughs@hklaw.com407.244.5132

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