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The document discusses various technologies and solutions related to clean energy and the transition to renewable sources, including solar power, geothermal, wave energy, electric vehicles, and biomass. It notes the economic and environmental benefits of investing in these areas, such as reduced costs, job growth, and decreased emissions. However, it also examines political and economic factors that have prevented more widespread adoption of these solutions, such as opposition from fossil fuel industries and politicians dependent on these industries. It argues that transforming society into a true democracy focused on sustainability, rather than a "corporatocracy" prioritizing profit, is necessary to fully realize a transition to clean energy and a greener economy.

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Culture in Decline? 12-12-12 Technology and the transition to clean energy
Solutions the media and general public tend to ignore: Trend-Setter Solar Everything Solar Engine Clean, Efficient Sustainability Chef Solar Gravity-Powered Lamp Thermoelectric Material Solar Energy and Jobs Geothermal Map Electric Car Facts Corn=Energy Biomass Clean Incentives Road Fuel Efficiency Wave Energy Innovative Energy Technologies US Energy Map Milwaukee Brewing Energy! Meeting the Demand
How Solar Energy Benefits us and our planet; The Energy Departments Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Pros:Triple Return on Investment: From 1975 to 2008, the Energy Department spent about $2.3 billion on R&D to advance PV technology, with net economic benefits totaling more than $15 billion with a conservatively- estimated 17 percent internal rate of return. 50 Percent Cost Reduction: Since the Energy Department began investing in solar research development and deployment, production costs per watt of photovoltaic (PV) modules fell from more than $100 in the mid-1970s to between $1 and $2 per watt by 2008 with system reliability increasing from 2 to 25 years during this same period. Significant Emission Reduction: About 6.8 million tons of CO2 emissions were avoided, with approximately 1.1 million tons of those emissions directly attributable to EEREs investments. Knowledge and Technology Transfer: Energy Department support of early solar PV research led to foundational knowledge that drives todays private sector innovation, including an estimated 274 patent families. Innovation Spillover: Over time, the influence of Energy Department-funded thin film PV research has spread extensively to the broader semiconductor device industry.
Transition to the 3rd Industrial Revolution Mission Statement Collaborative Effort http://www.un-energy.org/ @Energy 3rd Industrial Revolution Declaration
What is preventing the transition?
The Bush administration, supported by traditional energy concerns and large manufacturing industries, portrayed the Kyoto Protocol as a flawed regime that would be costly in terms of jobs and harmful for economic growth were the United States to join it. Politicians from states with large coal, oil, manufacturing, and/or agricultural industries, regardless of party affiliation, have been inclined to vote against climate legislation because they see it as a threat to their states economy and jobs. A study by a California-based research firm, Collaborative Economics, found that there had been a 36% increase in jobs in the green economy between 1995 and 2008, far higher than the 13% overall job growth rate in California during this time (Schmit, 2009). Breaking the impasse in the international climate negotiations: The potential of green technologies A study organized by the Pew Charitable Trusts found that nationally, jobs in the clean energy sector grew at a rate of 9.1% between 1998 and 2007, far higher than the rate of growth in traditional jobs (3.7%). In a wake-up call to the United States, the report also notes that over 85% of the market for clean energy technologies is outside of the United States (Pew Center, 2011). Governments have a huge role. With the right policies and a global framework, we can generate economic growth and steer it in a low-carbon direction, not unlike Roosevelts original New Deal. Handled properly, our efforts to cope with the financial crisis can reinforce our efforts to combat climate change. In todays crisis lies tomorrows opportunity economic opportunity, measured in jobs and growth.(Ki-Moon,2008). Our Good Friend Fox News
Are there more people making strides in clean energy and a sustainable society compared with the small percentage of elitists, CEOs and politicians promoting profit and power? It is up to you and I to transform this CORPORATOCRACY to an actual DEMOCRACY for the well- being of all species and our 1 and only finite planet. Corporatocracy Law of Mother Earth Kyoto Treaty UNFCC
Surviving Progress The Zeitgeist Movement Prophets of Doom Episode (The Futurists)

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  • 1. Culture in Decline? 12-12-12 Technology and the transition to clean energy
  • 2. Solutions the media and general public tend to ignore: Trend-Setter Solar Everything Solar Engine Clean, Efficient Sustainability Chef Solar Gravity-Powered Lamp Thermoelectric Material Solar Energy and Jobs Geothermal Map Electric Car Facts Corn=Energy Biomass Clean Incentives Road Fuel Efficiency Wave Energy Innovative Energy Technologies US Energy Map Milwaukee Brewing Energy! Meeting the Demand
  • 3. How Solar Energy Benefits us and our planet; The Energy Departments Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Pros:Triple Return on Investment: From 1975 to 2008, the Energy Department spent about $2.3 billion on R&D to advance PV technology, with net economic benefits totaling more than $15 billion with a conservatively- estimated 17 percent internal rate of return. 50 Percent Cost Reduction: Since the Energy Department began investing in solar research development and deployment, production costs per watt of photovoltaic (PV) modules fell from more than $100 in the mid-1970s to between $1 and $2 per watt by 2008 with system reliability increasing from 2 to 25 years during this same period. Significant Emission Reduction: About 6.8 million tons of CO2 emissions were avoided, with approximately 1.1 million tons of those emissions directly attributable to EEREs investments. Knowledge and Technology Transfer: Energy Department support of early solar PV research led to foundational knowledge that drives todays private sector innovation, including an estimated 274 patent families. Innovation Spillover: Over time, the influence of Energy Department-funded thin film PV research has spread extensively to the broader semiconductor device industry.
  • 4. Transition to the 3rd Industrial Revolution Mission Statement Collaborative Effort http://www.un-energy.org/ @Energy 3rd Industrial Revolution Declaration
  • 5. What is preventing the transition?
  • 6. The Bush administration, supported by traditional energy concerns and large manufacturing industries, portrayed the Kyoto Protocol as a flawed regime that would be costly in terms of jobs and harmful for economic growth were the United States to join it. Politicians from states with large coal, oil, manufacturing, and/or agricultural industries, regardless of party affiliation, have been inclined to vote against climate legislation because they see it as a threat to their states economy and jobs. A study by a California-based research firm, Collaborative Economics, found that there had been a 36% increase in jobs in the green economy between 1995 and 2008, far higher than the 13% overall job growth rate in California during this time (Schmit, 2009). Breaking the impasse in the international climate negotiations: The potential of green technologies A study organized by the Pew Charitable Trusts found that nationally, jobs in the clean energy sector grew at a rate of 9.1% between 1998 and 2007, far higher than the rate of growth in traditional jobs (3.7%). In a wake-up call to the United States, the report also notes that over 85% of the market for clean energy technologies is outside of the United States (Pew Center, 2011). Governments have a huge role. With the right policies and a global framework, we can generate economic growth and steer it in a low-carbon direction, not unlike Roosevelts original New Deal. Handled properly, our efforts to cope with the financial crisis can reinforce our efforts to combat climate change. In todays crisis lies tomorrows opportunity economic opportunity, measured in jobs and growth.(Ki-Moon,2008). Our Good Friend Fox News
  • 7. Are there more people making strides in clean energy and a sustainable society compared with the small percentage of elitists, CEOs and politicians promoting profit and power? It is up to you and I to transform this CORPORATOCRACY to an actual DEMOCRACY for the well- being of all species and our 1 and only finite planet. Corporatocracy Law of Mother Earth Kyoto Treaty UNFCC
  • 8. Surviving Progress The Zeitgeist Movement Prophets of Doom Episode (The Futurists)