Chapter 29: Rethink “green” and a Few other Suggestion

Written by Robert Bryce

Presented by: William Stangohr

QUOTE

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

Voltaire

Money and power

$5.5 trillion will be spent by the International Energy agency between now and 2030

By 2030 renewable energy will provide 10% of the worlds primary energy needs

Technological Disruption

A breakthrough in energy storage technology or the discovery of a massive new oil field would cause a disruption

a drop in demand, or a surplus of oil would cause a drop in oil prices and undermine the push for alternative energy

N2N Plan

1. Promote Natural gas and nuclear power through target use of tax incentives

2. Encourage oil and gas production in the U.S.

3. Continue promoting energy efficiency

4. Continue working on renewables and energy storage technologies such as batteries and compressed air energy

Support the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

On September 7, 2002 Bush falsely claim that the IAEA issued a report saying that Iraq was just six month away from developing a nuclear weapon

IAEA is the organization that is supposed to regulate and police the nuclear center

Right now it is under funded and lack political power

End Iowa’s Monopoly on the Presidential Primaries

Iowa is too small and agriculturally focus for the first primary

The ethanol debate became a litmus test in the last election

Obama= Pro ethanol Hillary =Pro ethanol after becoming a

presidential candidate Same thing with McCain

Elect More Engineers and Push Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

U.S. run by lawyers. They write complicated bills

The 2005 Energy policy Act was 550 pages

The 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act 310 pages

The 2009 American Clean Energy and Security Act 1428 pages

In 2009 only three senator had engineering degrees

Emulate Iran and France

Iran and France embraced Nuclear and Natural Gas

In 2008 Natural gas provides 15% of France’s energy, and 55% of Iran’s

In 1973 nuclear power provided about 2% of France’s energy in 2008 it provided 39%

Today nuclear power provide nearly 80% of France’s power

Quit Wasting Natural Gas

In 2007 5.3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas were burned as waste

That is equivalent to 30% of the European unions total annual gas needs

On average the world burn 14.5 billion cubic feet of gas. That is equal to 2.6 million barrels of oil worth the energy.

Put someone in charge of energy

In 1971 energy policies were determined by 48 federal agency and 14 congressional committees

In 2009 24 federal agency and 25 congressional committees