PCI Executive Director's slide deck for a 30 minute presentation he delivered to a group of Democratic Party supporters, on the topic of why tackling the climate crisis is so intractable politically.
19. the “new normal”
"My sick joke is that Eastern Australia had average rainfall
for the last seven years. e rst six were the driest six
years in the record books, and the seventh was feet deep in
unprecedented oods. Such 'average' rainfall makes
farming difficult."
Jeremy Grantham
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20. you are here
391 ppm
8
million metric tons
6
4
2
0
1750 1825 1900 1930 1955 1970 1985 2000
source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
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22. we need to be here
391 ppm
8
350 ppm
million metric tons
6
4
2
0
1750 1825 1900 1930 1955 1970 1985 2000
source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
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25. declining concern
Caused Mostly by Humans Not Real or Not Manmade
70%
60% 61%
57%
50%
47%
40%
36%
30%
20%
10%
0%
2008 2011
source: Yale Project on Climate Change Communication
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37. US energy use 1705-2005
Biomass (Wood) Coal Natural Gas Petroleum Hydro Nuclear
100
80
quadrillion BTU
60
40
20
0
1705 1755 1805 1855 1905 1955 2005
source: US Energy Information Agency
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