Climate – Change – Community

Climate Change: The Threshold Peril Opportunity

Average July High Temperatures Boulder With High Emissions (Median Projections) Comparisons ( Averages) °92.3° Albuquerque °94.5° El Paso °96.1° Dallas °100.5° Tucson

Boulder Climate by 2040?

Getting the Problem Right: Climate Change As Sustainability Indicator Energy Rapid replacement of fossil fuels with renewable energy Resources Reduce waste and the carbon intensity of resources used Ecosystems Restore and enhance ecosystems and sequester carbon

We need an 80% or more clean energy system To reduce emissions 80%...

~ 500MW of solar rooftop capacity for Boulder and surrounding area (NREL & Mapdwell Analysis) Currently Colorado generation ~2,332 MW DOE projects capacity at 387,220MW 15X more latent energy below and around the average house than is needed to heat and cool! How much we need: ~350 MW How much clean energy is available?

Household Energy Transition Pilot: Because Everybody is going to need a plan

10 Household Green Energy System Transformation

11 A Different Future Possibility—Free Energy!

2020 GOALS | ENERGY by 20Leave the gas in the ground Pass the Pump 50 MW of local solar by natural gas replacements by ,020 electric vehicles by 2020 ●50% rooftop solar, 50% large array ●X household systems ●X commercial systems ●X% of rooftops with solar ●HOP line off diesel by 2020 ●City fleet 100% renewable diesel by 2020 ●X% of trips in alt modes ●X% of city fleet off fossil fuel by 2020 ●# of NG appliances replaced ●X% of all houses with all electric appliances

Our New Climate Action Plan(s) What kind of plan/strategy/roadmap do we need? One Community Climate Plan 50,000+ Energy Transition Roadmaps and