TALKING POINTS
Fossil fuels
Non-renewable
Polluting/ drilling, transporting, generating and in use
Drilling
Dangerous materials
Centralization
Initial capital
Oil spills at sea
Oil runoff from roads and damage to ground water
Over 500,000 deaths per year in Asia from air pollution
Pollution of humans
Environmental Working Group / Mount Sinai School of Medicine in NY / & Commonweal Study of nine people
Federal Center for Disease Control Study on 116 out soon
Average 91 pollutants in a human’s blood and urine alone
Searched for 210 elements and found traces of 167
no subject worked with chemicals
Minute amounts of industrial compounds, metals and pesticides
New research
Energy lost / grid
Interaction of the grids
Transmission
Deceit / corruption / burden paid for by taxpayers
Large oil companies and other middlemen in the supply chain rather
Than direct
Areas
Middle east
Persian gulf
Offshore Platforms
Alaska oil drilling and the overhead costs could buy PVs'
Non-stable supply and price
Wars and military spending over oil supplies for the national economy
Terrorism "Brittle Power" Amory and Hunter Lovins
Energy and national security
Disruptions
High transportation costs / gas, heating oil, and diesel need to be refined
so does jet fuel but that is still expected
Real cost to the taxpayer / support for industry, pollution, losses, military,
Balance of payments and the economy, jobs lost due to cutbacks from
Increase energy costs,
Power outages and regional impacts
Overhead costs
Sources
Liquefied Natural Gas
LNG tankers
LNG terminals and storage
LNG truck shipments
LNG Hazards
Risks of Liquefied energy gases (LEG)
Oil and Gas
Oil and gas fields
Saudi Arabia
Persian Gulf
South America
Southwest
Offshore
Storage
Refineries
Processing plants
Gas and Oil Pipelines
Sabotage
Capacity
Vulnerability
Artic pipeline and nature
Power stations and substations
Stability
Instabilities
Nuclear
Coal
Complexity of system
Human mistakes
Control, command and communication disruptions
Deliberate actions
Natural events
Legislation
No limits on production
Incentives
Tax rebates
Low property taxes
Standards on connecting to the grid
Standard utility contracts
Monthly payments
Green electric option / additional charges for electric from renewable
Power Grid
Invertors
Availability
Conditioners /
Electric quality / brownouts, surges, spikes, phase changes
Terrorism
Sabotage
Costs of protection
Improve comeback times after outages
Renewable sources
Clean - environmentally friendly
Availability - local and in most places
Solar - low maintenance, quiet
Storage
True cost
farm support versus substitutes
personal efforts versus working for others
Sources
Solar
Wind
Hydrogen
Natural Gas
Fuel Cells
Geothermal
Biomass
hydro
chemical
hydro, tidal
steam
microwave, RF
ethanol
nuclear
cold fusion
Additional
conservation - a penny saved is 2 pennies earned
contracts
multiple systems
24/7
insulation
home designs
Home owner resale value
mortgages / less monthly expenses and possible income
hybrid autos - 70% of fossil fuels (oil) are used in transportation
seasonal / gas or home heating oil
sizing / scale
average
demand
economy of scale
Education and information
complete systems
stirling engine
engines/turbines
micro engines/turbines
utility relations
web sites
WEB communications, info sharing, video conferencing, IM, worldwide 24/7
export technology
broaden tax base
Communities / neighborhoods / new developments
Cities
develop suburban land
safety
standards, modular
retrofitting
backup
Misc. / magnetism, gears/transmission, controls, optics, computer, voltmeters, new materials
Financial
Incentives
Rebates
Low interest loans
LITTLE RISK
Economy
Macro benefits
Micro benefits
Priorities
Actual costs
Technologies/ efficiencies / development
Federal
Agencies
DOE
SBA
Department of Commerce
HUD
Coherent national energy policy
Rebates
Contracts
Military action
Action
Design
Financing
Support
National Security
Power grid
energy flow
State
CA
large rebates
Local
Income projections
more disposable income
INSURANCE for retirement
IRA
SSI
ROI
Estate
Incorporating
Businesses have a better opportunity for funds
$5 per hour = $36,000+
Site
End user activities
Direct construction costs
System installation
Utility connection charge
Operating costs
Maintenance
Upgrading
Indirect costs
CP& L monthly charge
Efficiency
Waste heat integration
Integration of several methods
Grid connection
Storage
Safety
Insurance
Local codes
Working with local utility
Contracts
Integrating into the home
new
retrofitting
Affiliates
Organizations
Sample sites
DOE Million solar roofs by 2010
Future
self sufficiency
greenhouse
continuous growth
remote education
Families and estates
improve standard of living
Internet entertainment
Internet communications
Reverse osmosis as a water supply for independent living
Career
Education
TV
Magazine
Books
world impact
products
Thoughts
What if
military plants made PV cells
LINKS
doe.gov
epa.gov
gsa.pueblo.gov
Reading
Brittle Power
Amory and Hunter Lovins
Energy Farms would provide regular farmers with an additional income.
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Environmental Pollution
Speakers Bureau
Gather information
Financial Industry
Brownish Property
While conservation is important
Aesthetics
Society Changes
Insurance
Retirement
Health
Do what you would like
Distant Learning
Working smart not harder
Enjoy doing want you want
Tax percentage
Do not kill the golden goose
Legislation
Common contracts
Monthly payments
Interface standards
Reasonable limits if any
Incentives
The costs of our current energy policy
Oil supplies
Military intervention
We shared the technology with countries
Pollution at the site
In transportation
Oil Spills
At the power plant
At refineries
During power distribution
In our bodies
Lost of electric on the grid
Automobiles leaking oil onto land
In usage
Nuclear waste
Smog and taxes
Military and civilian factories turn out photovoltaic cells
Education for a new career
Non-partisan action and quick legislation for all areas
Incentives for companies and sites
Clean energy producers
Information on what and how
energy farms talking points / TRINITY POWER COMPANY - 02/03/2003
make one work and replicate