TEAM COOL

FOSSIL FUELS = POLLUTION

“ Pollution from power plants cuts short the lives of nearly 24,000 Americans nationwide every year.”

Coal Consumption Increase in Coal = Increase in Pollution

China’s coal plants cause 400,000 premature deaths a year (in China)

“ 30 percent of childhood asthma is due to environmental exposures”

“ Of the largest 1000 fossil fuel-fired power plants in the U.S., 77% are not subject to pollution controls…”

“ Today’s typical auto actually releases more global warming emissions than they did 20 years ago.”

“ Vehicle exhaust contributes roughly 95 percent of all carbon monoxide emissions nationwide in cities”

“ More than 15,000 people are treated annually in hospital emergency rooms for carbon monoxide exposure”

“ In one year, a car can produce 4 times its own weight in carbon monoxide”

POLLUTION = GLOBAL WARMING

Dependency on Fossil Fuels $

Problem The inexpensiveness and easy storage creates our dependence on Fossil Fuels.

The inexpensiveness and easy storage creates our dependence on Fossil Fuels.

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Alternative Energy Sources Solar Power Fuel Cells Biomass Power Wind Power Wood Energy Geothermal Power

Solar Power

Fuel Cells

Biomass Power

Wind Power

Wood Energy

Geothermal Power

An Investment

Wind Power

“ One proposed wind farm in West Virginia, would cost $300,000,000 to build”

“ State-of-the-art wind power plants at excellent sites are generating electricity at less than 5 cents/kWh”

Price Cut If an investor-owned utility (IOU) owned and financed the facility instead there could be a 30% reduction in cents/kWh (as low as 3.5 cents/kWh)

If an investor-owned utility (IOU) owned and financed the facility instead there could be a 30% reduction in cents/kWh

(as low as 3.5 cents/kWh)

Solar Energy

“ In some physically isolated settings, it can cost a homeowner $10,000 or more to connect to the utility grid solar electricity”

“ A large-scale photovoltaic production plant would cost $660 million up-front”

Not Economically Beneficial Solar Energy: 22-40 cents per kilowatt-hour Current average : 11 cents per kilowatt-hour

Solar Energy:

22-40 cents per kilowatt-hour

Current average :

11 cents per kilowatt-hour

Ready Now

Wood Pellets

“ A typical pellet stove cost about $11.50 per million Btu, a figure that is less than the cost of electric heat”

Sawdust Creates Wood Pellets 40 lb. bag is on average $3.00

Wood Pellets: Inexpensive Less Storage Space Transportable Comes from Waste Can be Co-Fired

Wood Pellets:

Inexpensive

Less Storage Space

Transportable

Comes from Waste

Can be Co-Fired

Geothermal Energy

Geothermal energy is an enormous, underused heat and power resource

“ Many homeowners could spend from $35 to $70 less per month” (on energy bills)

“ Many homeowners could spend from $35 to $70 less per month”

(on energy bills)

“ A 3,000 sq. ft. house in Oklahoma City has a verified average electric bill of $60 per month - using a geothermal heat pump.”

“ A 3,000 sq. ft. house in Oklahoma City has a verified average electric bill of $60 per month - using a geothermal heat pump.”

1932 – Fossil Fuels

Present Day – Geothermal Energy

Geothermal Energy Clean Reliable Homegrown Cost Efficient Available in many locations

Clean

Reliable

Homegrown

Cost Efficient

Available in many locations

FROM THE DARK PAST

TO THE BRIGHT FUTURE