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

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.

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

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  1. Chapter 29: Rethink “green” and a Few other Suggestion Written by Robert Bryce Presented by: William Stangohr

  2. Quote Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd Voltaire

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. N2N Plan • Promote Natural gas and nuclear power through target use of tax incentives • Encourage oil and gas production in the U.S. • Continue promoting energy efficiency • Continue working on renewables and energy storage technologies such as batteries and compressed air energy

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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.

  11. 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

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