liquefied natural gas - is this our future?
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Brad Bowens
A new dinoflagellate species, found inthe Saanich Inlet
Archaeperidinium saanichiVENUS
NATURAL GASIs produced by fracking
LNG Tanker in Boston Harbour
NATURAL GASIS AN
ANCIENT FOSSIL FUEL
AND ALL FOSSIL FUELSCAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE
Potsdam Institute
British Columbia 2015
2015
The last time the world was 3°C warmerthe sea level was 25 metres higher
Vancouver, BC, facing + 2° C and + 4° C temperature increase
Guy Dauncey 2013 www.earthfuture.com
HOPE
WORRY
or
?
What is our future?
We must change our future story
from negative to positive,
from fear and worry
to hope and determination.
BCSEA 2014 www.bcsea.org
We should not vilify fossil fuels.We should thank them, and then say
“It’s time to move on.”
to the Solar Age
The power of our vision
than the power of our fears
The power of our vision
www.journeytothefuture.ca
78%
84%
70 GW
Taiwan Solar Stadium
Kagoshima Nanatsujima 70 MW Solar, Japan
1977: $771997: $7
2013: $0.7
Price of Solar Module
per Watt
The Solar Revolution is Happening
Natural gas fuel cost projections, 2015-2040
Solar PV purchase agreements, 2015-2040
Vauban, Freiburg, Germany
Mark Jacobson Stanford
Transportation without Oil A Vision of the Future
Tesla Model X: 400 km range
The Falling Price of EV Lithium Batteries
The Falling Price of EV Lithium Batteries
2018
From 2025, all BMWs to be electric
1 in 4
Norway’s Electric Ferry ZeroCat5.7 km route, 20 minute round trip
SALT SPRING’S SOLAR PRIDEGULF ISLANDS SECONDARY SCHOOL
T-Sou’ke First NationVancouver Island
T’Sou-ke Nation Solar Project
T-Sou’ke Chief Gordon Planes:
“First Nations have lived for thousands of years
on this continent without fossil fuels.
It is appropriate that First Nations
lead the way out of dependency and addiction to
fossil fuels and rely on the power
of the elements, the sun, the wind
and the sea once again.”
Passive House construction reduces conventional heat load by 90% and overall
energy by up to 70%.
Passive House, Victoria, B.C. 90% less heat energy, 15 kwh/m2, 4.4% more cost
www.bernhardtpassive.com
Passive House in Santa Cruz, California
Crossway Passive House, Kent, England
Hamburg, Germany
Finish-Israeli EcoHouse Company
“Today we produce and sell energy-saving wood frame houses in more than 30 countries worldwide.”
www.eco-house.co.il
Mixed New Build and retrofit Passive House Apartment Building by A2M, Brussels
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This is an amazing opportunity
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to build a Green, Solar World
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… or give up, and tell yourself you can’t make a difference
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Space
Burning Fossil Fuels
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Space
Burning Fossil Fuels
Enclosed Space
100% Renewable
Energy
A BEnclosed
Space
Burning Fossil Fuels
Enclosed Space
100% Renewable
Energy
Enclosed Space
100% Renewable
Energy
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