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Sustainability 101Adams State University
1 June 2015
• Nick C. Parker PhD• Nick Parker Consulting, LLC• www.nickparkerllc.com• [email protected]• 806-786-0925
Sustainability
What is it?Life as of today?
Food, water, energy, communications?Jobs, entertainment, TV, sports, health?Computers, 3-D printers, space, travel?
Universities, education, government, police?Animals, plants, soils, air, minerals, metals?
Google=115,000,000 results
Sustainability
Social justiceEquity
Human rightsLocal
Community development
Yale study of Climate Change Beliefs2014
• Estimated % of adults who think global warming is happening, 2014• Display model output: • RI• DE• DC• 5%• 10%• 15%• 20%• 25%• 30%• 35%• 40%5• 45%5• 50%5• 55%• 60%• 65%5• 70%• 75%• 80%• 85%• 90%• 95%• Geography Name• National
66%
Estimated % of adults who think global warming is happening
Fossil Fuels
• Produces 70 % of GHGs
• 111th US Congress
• Fossil fuel industry spent $347 million on lobbying
• Received $120.5 billion in subsidies
Sea Ice Melt,Polar bears, Arctic,
Tropics & World
Red Line-Continuing use of Fossil Fuels
Population
• Growth in next 40 years will require new buildings equal to those built over the past 4,000 years
• 4,000 years produced 1 X houses/year
• 2014-2054 will need to produce 96 X houses/ year
• Sustainable?
Human and animal weight(millions of tons & %)
0100200300400
Series 1Series 2
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
GreeksRomans
SumeriansAztec
Easter Island
Space Hubble telescope
Time13.7 billion years since Big Bang =
24 hours on our clock
Therefore, 2,000 years = 0.001 sec1492-2015=523 years
=0.00025 sec100 years= 0.00005 sec
44 min 37 min 23 min 19 min 40 sec
Anthropogenic
Man is doing itHabitat loss
Global warming20-50% of all species
extinct by 2100
100 yrs=0.00005 sec
The only constant is change
• Pangea from one continent to seven continents• Tyrannosaurs evolved over 100 million years• Dinosaurs extinct 65 million years ago• Homo erectus, 2 million years ago• Homo sapiens, 250,000 years ago• Climate• CO2, O2
Aral Sea
Aral Sea1985 2010
What is Sustainability?
• Is our world sustainable?• What are others doing?• What can you do?
Fossil Fuels Just Lost the Race Against Renewables
This is the beginning of the end.
2013 World added 143 gigawatts of renewable energy and141 gigawatts of fossil fuel power
Renewable Energy Home retrofitOrono, Maine
• 39-panel solar array--$28,790--saved $2,400/yr• Geothermal heat pumps--$25,495--saved
$2,800/year• Limiting leaks-- $2,407– saved $70/winter month• Solar hot water--$8,395– saved $875/year• Toyota Corolla--fuel/1000 miles--$94• Toyota Prius--fuel/1000 miles--$58• Nissan Leaf—fuel/1000 miles—1.50
Starter Solar System
• Solar panels--$300 x 2 = $600• Charge controller--$75• Batteries--$70 x 4= $280• Inverter--$260• Wiring & misc.--$100• Total--$1,315
• Survivalistboards.com
Tesla Power-
wall Battery
10 kwBattery$3,500
Tesla electric car & Powerwall battery
Corvette twin turbo 2.9 secTesla D 3.2Dodge Viper 3.2Ferrari 3.5Ford Shelby Mustang 3.6
O – 60 mphtimes
Finance sector must serve the economy rather than the economy
serving the finance sector
• Financial sector profits % GDP• ____________________ ______
• 1973 20.1% 13.6
• 2007 44.6% 20.4
Rigging of Foreign Exchange Market Makes Felons of Top Banks MAY 20, 2015
Agreed to pay about $5.6 billion in penalties in addition to the$4.25 billion that some of these banks agreed to pay in November
Sustainability
• Able to be maintained• Maintaining ecological balance• Living based on renewable energy and
natural resources• Living today so as not to impact future
generations• Living today so our children can live with the
same standard tomorrow
Suggested Readings
• Topics Number of Books• Agriculture 8 • Economics 7• Energy 16• Environment 17• Food 4• Future 1• History 11• Off-grid 4• Society 11• Sustainability 20• Trends 6• Water 18• Total 123
Sustainability 101Adams State University
1 June 2015
• Nick C. Parker, PhD• Nick Parker Consulting, LLC• www.nickparkerllc.com• [email protected]• 806-786-0925