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.

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Alternative Energy SourcesAlternative Energy Sources

Solar PowerSolar Power

Fuel CellsFuel CellsBiomass PowerBiomass Power

Wind PowerWind PowerWood EnergyWood Energy

Geothermal PowerGeothermal 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)

“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 BeneficialNot Economically Beneficial

Solar Energy: 22-40 cents per

kilowatt-hour Current average :

11 cents per kilowatt-hour

“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

Geothermal energy is an enormous, underused heat and

power resource

“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.”

1932 – Fossil Fuels

Present Day – Geothermal Energy

Geothermal Energy Clean Reliable Homegrown Cost Efficient Available in

many locations

FROM THE DARK PAST

TO THE BRIGHT FUTURE