Wake Up Call

Eastside Rail Now! … a response to Peak Oil

Ron Swenson

Director

ASPO USA

March 10, 2010

Spinningour

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?

Good Day Sunshine!

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.

Peak Solar

San Jose’s Green Vision

10 X

Silicon Valley: A dollar will get you 10!

Personal Rapid Transit (PRT)

www.SolarEvolution.com/PRT

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…

••••

Tonatiuh

Solar Transport

Solar Race Car and the Solar Highway

2 seconds apart @ 90 km/hr = 50 m

Solar Race Car averages 90 km/hr with 6 m2 solar panel

… Podcars have 50 m ÷ 3 m = 17 X more collection area than solar race cars!

17 X17 X

2m

3m

Knowing it can be done, let’s ramp onto the Solar Highway …

How can solar do so much?

Most of the useful energy is used to move metal…

Less than 1% of the total energy moves the driver!

Actually, fossil fuels do very little!

Braking

Rolling

Aero D

rag

Drivetrain

Accessories

Engine Loss Idling Loss

13%

10 X

When the going gets

tough…

exports

importsG

ap

USA as a Trading “Partner”

Mexico 74%Canada 57%Japan 47%China 37%Saudi Arabia 14%

CIA Factbook 2004

Inequality

Germany’s SuccessHalf as much sun, 10 times more solar

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.

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

Buy America!

J Y “Dave” WangTwo kinds of businessman:

• Good businessman– Selling

• Bad businessman– Buying

1975

Wake Up!!!… to the Power of Solar

www.ecotopia.com/workshops