SHORT VERSION: A New Green Economy
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Wake up everybody!400 ppm in February 2015
“Such CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere have likely not been seen since at least the end of the
Oligocene, 23 million years ago.” – Scientific American
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GDP =GrossDepletion of the
Planet
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70%OF CANADIANS SUPPORT MOVING TO A
SYSTEM OF PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION
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is the Race to 100% Renewable
Energy
is the Race to 100% Renewable
Energy
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Building a Sustainable Energy Future for British Columbia
BCSEA 2013 www.bcsea.org
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Our vision is a sustainable future in which
all of BC’s energy
is green and renewable.
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We don’t need to vilify fossil fuels. We can praise them, and
then say “Enough!”
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It was fossil fuelsthat launched the Industrial Age
and the modern world.
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It is fossil fuels that have made advanced engineering, solar PV and electric vehicles possible.
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The Age of Fossil Fuels is the necessary
LAUNCH RAMPfor the Solar Age
30,000 yearsFirewood
300 yearsFossil Fuels
A billion yearsSolar Energy
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A billion years
The Sun will not begin to turn into a Red Giant for more than a billion years.
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The Sun will not begin to turn into a Red Giant for more than a billion years.
And with every passing year, solar technology will improve
and fall in price.
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So what is our vision of a beautiful, desirable future?
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Sunmine, Kimberley, BC. 1.05 MW, 4,000 solar modules www.sunmine.ca
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SALT SPRING’S SOLAR PRIDE
84 PV panels, 21 kw system installed on Gulf Islands Secondary School, Salt Spring
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1977: $77
1997: $7
2013: $0.7
Price of Solar PVper Watt
A hundredfold fall in the price of solar PV
since 1977
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More solar energy reaches Earth in an hour than humans use in a year.
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$100B invested in wind or solar will produce more energy than oil - Kepler Chevreux, French investment bank,
September 2014
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The Proposed Site C Dam on the Peace River
Big hydro – or wind, solar and geothermal?
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For local transportation, we can have
Transportation without Oil and the economy will keep going
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In Holland, cycling is the main mode of transport for 31% of the people
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Vehicle owners can earn up to $300 a month
www.relayrides.com
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Nissan Leaf Electric - 120 km range
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Honda solar electric car charging
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No tax, saving $4,000.Annual driving fee 7 x cheaper than a regular car.No parking charges anywhere in Norway.
No ferry charges, no road tolls around Oslo.Allowed to drive in the bus lanes.Free municipal EV recharging.
Electricity $10 a week vs $55 for a regular car.Overall savings $369 a month.21 models to choose from.
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Falling prices for battery packs may cause a surge in electric car sales
TechExplore.com
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Siemens ZeroCat all-electric car ferry, Norway 120 cars +360 passengers
10 minutes recharge, 30-minute trip800 kw, 400 kw battery bank. 10 knots
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Saving Energy – Happy to be a HERO
Up to $1,000 for basement insulation
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Solar, Wind, Wave100% RenewablesGreen BuildingsGreen CitiesCyclingElectric TransitElectric CarsCarsharingOrganic FarmingEcoForestry
Green ChemistryBiomimicrySmart TechEducationInnovationSoftwareRobotics3-D PrintingSoul & Eco-TourismHolistic Healthcare
Saying YES to a New Green Economy
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Canada, population 35 million
500
6.6 73,000 26,000
Canada-wide
1.75
A very approximate sense of Canada’s gain
blog.floridaenergycenter.org
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Natural gas:5 jobs per $1 million
Solar: 14.5 jobs per
$1 million
Building Retrofits:17 jobs per $1 million
Mass Transit:22 jobs per $1 million
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Canada supports 18 million jobs
4.4% are via fossil fuels95% are not via fossil fuels
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The BEST future economy will be a green sustainable economy
with far less use of fossil fuels.
Leaving 80% of the fossil fuels in the ground will create
a better economy.
In a nutshell…
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70%OF CANADIANS SUPPORT MOVING TO A
SYSTEM OF PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION
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If you want to make a difference, now would be a great time to do so.
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The visions we offer our
children shape the future.
It matters what those visions
are. Carl Sagan
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The whole future of the Earth seems to depend on the awakening of
our faith in the future.
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Building a Sustainable Energy Future for British Columbia
BCSEA 2013 www.bcsea.org
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