Global Warming over the Past Millennium

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      Solar Energy and International Trade Santa Cruz, California
Presentation by Ron Swenson March 31, 2006 www.solarquest.com/workshops/trade/ Presentation by Ron Swenson March 31, 2006 www.solarquest.com/workshops/trade/
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Global Warming over the Past Millennium
Very rapidly we have entered uncharted territory
Over the 20th century, energy consumption
increased sixteenfold. Global warming from the
fossil fuel greenhouse became a major, and
increasingly dominant, factor in climate change.
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USA as a Trading Partner
imports
exports
Gap
Gap
Canada 6
Mexico 26
Japan 53
China 63
Saudi Arabia 86
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Oil Trade
Weapons/Discontent
oil
Sell off Ownership
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Global Warming isnt the only challenge we face
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Substitution or Deprivation?
oil
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Global Solar Energy Balance
Solar Energy Input (TeraWatts) 178,000
Reflected to Space Immediately 53,000
Absorbed and Then Reflected as Heat 82,000
Used to Evaporate Water (Weather) 40,000
Captured by Plant Photosynthesis 100
Total Energy Used by Human Society 13
Total Energy Used by US Society 2.5
Total Human Food Energy 0.6
www.hubbertPeak.com/debate/oilcalcs.htm
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Corn Cars Bean Buses?
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Nuclear Power Trade
Nuclear Threat
Nuclear Technology
Policing Non-Proliferation
Enriched Uranium
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Thermodynamics of Nuclear

• Plus
• Depletion
• Low grade ores ? Greenhouse gases to process
• Waste guard for 10,000 years

EROI  4
How do we value a 1,000 year wasteland?
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Thermodynamics of Thin Film PV

• EROI 6 months
• Life 20 years

EROI  40
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PV The Growth Industry
Oil declines at 4/yr PV increases at 50/yr
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Solar Energy Trade
Peace Prosperity

• Jobs
• Resources
• Revenue

Solar Technology
Enriched Lives
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If canal boats are supplanted by railroads,
serious unemployment will result. Captains,
cooks, drivers, repairment, and lock tenders will
be left without means of livelihood, not to
mention the numerous farmers now employed in
growing hay for horses. Boat builders would
suffer and towline, whip, and harness makers
would be left destitute. Martin van Buren,
Governor of New York, April 1832.
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The Galapagos Islands
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MARCH 2004 REMOTE DATA MONITORING INSTALLED AT 3
SITES
TOTAL GRID DEMAND -- SAN CRISTOBAL ISLAND
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JUNE 2004 MICROSOLAR INSTALLATION AND
TRAINING Colegio Nacional Galapagos
(Santa Cruz)
Two computer labs connected, remote energy
monitoring equipment installed, training in solar
energy and distance education technologies,
cultural exchange with Pennsylvania (US) schools .
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DECEMBER 2004 ALL TWENTY-TWO STUDENTS COMPLETE
PROGRAM WITH HONOURS Total Community
Service Commitment 4,400 Hours over 9 months
Dr. Leonidas Salgado, Ph.D., Director La
Direccion Provincial de Educacion de Galapagos
THANK YOU e7 - FROM THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF
COLEGIO TECNICO IGNACIO HERNANDEZ COLEGIO
NACIONAL GALAPAGOS
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A WAKE-UP CALL
The sun is the only energy source that can meet
the oil depletion challenge. But solar energy
ramp-up must be large-scale and immediate.
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