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DUDE – its FINITE
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The Fossil Fuel Era A Brief Moment in Time fusionfusion
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A Century of Change (1900 (=1) vs 2000) Industrial Output: 40 Marine Fish Catch: 35 CO 2 Emissions: 17 Total Energy Use: 16 Coal Production: 7 World Population: 4 Forest Area: 0.8
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Critical Question Can This Century also stand a 4-fold increase in world population (from 6 to 24 billion) Will the emerging world market of China promote this kind of growth in the same way the industrial revolution did?
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United States Energy Usage
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Transportation Craze Emerging Markets in India and China are source of real concern approaching 1 billion vehicles: Emerging Markets in India and China are source of real concern approaching 1 billion vehicles:
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Every year We Drive More Miles Hey, It’s The American Way Hey, It’s The American Way
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Business As Usual
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Possible Futures But role of clouds and aerosols are a major complication. But role of clouds and aerosols are a major complication.
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Our Fossil Fuel Legacy
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But Hey – We Are Green – let’s Hide the CO 2 for awhile
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Ice Core Data is Revealing Currently 380 PPM; 30% higher than anytime in the last 450,000 years
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And Let’s Not Forget Methane 25x GWP of Carbon Dixoide 25x GWP of Carbon Dixoide Rice fields, cow slaughtering, sewage Rice fields, cow slaughtering, sewage
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Who Is to Blame? And All the Rest of Us That Think We Are at the Center of the Universe and therefore in a Privileged Position in Nature
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Humans and Nature Like it or not, Historically the collective of humanity has treated nature as a consumable Like it or not, Historically the collective of humanity has treated nature as a consumable Most wars/conflicts are related to resource shortages or the need to acquire new land Most wars/conflicts are related to resource shortages or the need to acquire new land Physics tells us we are in a necessary partnership with nature and that resources are finite Physics tells us we are in a necessary partnership with nature and that resources are finite Don’t look to the past look to the future where humanity evolves out of its adolescent stage into a more cooperative stage Don’t look to the past look to the future where humanity evolves out of its adolescent stage into a more cooperative stage
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