Wake up to the power of solar

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Wake up to the power of solar
Ron Swenson, SolarQuest MBITA Santa Cruz,
California June 22, 2007
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The Elevator Speech

• Solar energy is the only way to stop global
  warming and mitigate oil depletion.
• We are out of time. We cannot be complacent.
• SolarQuest continues with its solar energy /
  energy conservation program in the Galapagos
  Islands for UNDP and Ecuadors Ministry of Energy
  under sponsorship of UNF and the e8.
• SolarQuest is organizing a Renewable Nations
  Network, combining University capacity partners
  in the USA with educational institutions
  in-country.

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For exampleMexican oil is fading

• Cantarell, one of the worlds Big 4 Fields, is
  dropping fast.

Cantarell offshore facility
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Human Capacity Building for Sustainable Energy
Development
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Renewable energy programs and monitoring
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We are also doing things locally
Real Estate Strategies Solutions, Project
Developer Barry Swenson Builder, General
Contractor ElectroRoof, Project Integrator Owens
Electric and Solar, System Installer Central
Coating Company, Roofer Solar Technologies, Panel
supplier
Plantronics, Santa Cruz
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120,000 TW of solar energy received by the Earth
www.ecotopia.com/Apollo2
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Total Area Required for a PV Power Plant to
Produce the Total US Electrical Demand
www.ecotopia.com/Apollo2
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Personal Rapid Transit (Podcars)
www.SolarEvolution.com/PRT
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Podcars can be powered 100 by solar
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Thomas Edison

• I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy.
  What a source of power! I hope we don't have to
  wait 'til oil and coal run out before we tackle
  that.
• (1847-1931)

www.ThomasEdison.com
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Wake up to the power of solar
Ron Swenson, SolarQuest MBITA Santa Cruz,
California June 22, 2007