presentation broad overview of renewable energy

1. Renewable futures? Nick Gogerty

2. Energy Consumption US today

4. Who has oil?

5. Who wants energy? www.worldmapper.org/

6. Oil Use by sector

7. 590m cars in the world

8. Hydrogen & biofuels Unlikely transport future fuels Hydrogen Low density Poor infrastructure Bio-Fuels For the most poor energy dynamics ULTRA-CAPACITORS

9. Today’s renewable power The most well known Solar & wind growing at 35-50% yr 10x / 7 yrs RE<C approaching cost of Coal 

10. $3 trillion year Electricity generation www.worldmapper.org

11. Wind cheap 30% availability

12. Geothermal Home heat Electricity +98% availability Cheap

13. Insolation (where the sun shines) Guess who the “big countries are”

14. Solar water heating Chinese style *

15. Solar PV table 1:1,600 of total global power

18. Transmission Bottleneck= $1-1.5 trillion US opportunity

19. Who are you doing this for?

20. Renewable energy manufacturing, operations, & maintenance +2.4m jobs globally in 2006 Energy is a $6 trillion business http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5633 Filthy lucre, freshly cleaned by honest work in the renewable energy sector.

21. Job! You don’t have to be #1 Try being in the top 10% for 6 things You will be 1 in 1,000,000m people with a unique skills set. Don’t be afraid to chase experience vs. money your life will richer Initiative taking Can you inspire others? Have you? Real Experience Dirty hands Skill #2 Language etc. ???? Columbia Skill #1

22. Anthropologist wisdom A small group of thoughtful people can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead If you try really hard, you may one day become the sort of person who plants a tree so that someone you will never meet can sit in the shade. African Proverb Nick@Gogerty.com