1. Uncle Sam Wants You
to Help Save the Planet
Elton B. Sherwin
Venture Capitalist,
Author, Businessman
What Can a
College Student
Do About Climate
Change?

2. Here Today to Recruit You in
the Battle to
Save the Planet
Talk specifically about what you can do

3. Recent Past, 1961-1979
Our Country is About to Change
White House Report on Climate Change

4. Some Changes Will Be Subtle
White House Report on Climate Change
Lower Emissions Scenario, 2080-2099

5. Some Changes Will Be Dramatic
White House Report on Climate Change
Higher Emissions Scenario, 2080-2099

6. Some Models Now Predict
Higher Emissions Scenario, 2080-2099
 Half the nation
enduring summers
where 100º days
are common
 Tropical diseases
invading America’s
shores
 Wine making
moving to the
northern states

7. Elton B. Sherwin
Venture Capitalist, Author, Businessman,
Board of Directors of Six Companies –
Including NRG Dynamix, Hybrid Vehicles
November 29, 2010
Notre Dame
de Namur University

8. Two Visions of 21st Century
Two Different Roads
We Must Choose

9. Groundhog Day Scenario
20th Century 21st Century
First Option

10. Repeat Last 100 Years
Business as usual:
 Continued industrialization using fossil fuels
 Double the number of cars
 Double the number of coal-fired power
plants
 Double air pollution
 Add 2 or 3 billion additional people
 Population of six to nine “new Americas”

11. Not Enough Planet
 Absorb all the air pollution

12. What Will Likely Happen
Business as Usual
Scenario?
Groundhog Day Plan
Keep Doing it Over and Over
Again

13. Muir & Riggs
Glaciers
Alaska
Many of the
World’s Glaciers
Will Dissapear

14. North Pole Will Collapse
In the Summer
North Pole
NASA
Missing Ice In 2007, much
of the North
Pole
disappeared

15. Greenland Will Melt
Image: Roger Braithwaite, University of Manchester (UK)

16. Ocean Rise Estimates this Century
16 inches
3 feet
11 feet
EPA and National Research
Council Estimates
6 feet

17. SOURCE: Inundation data from Knowles, 2008. Additional salt pond elevation data by Siegel and Bachand, 2002.
Aerial imagery is NAIP 2005 data. http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/planning/climate_change/climate_change.shtml
16 Inches
of Sea Rise
San Jose
San
Francisco
Vallejo
San Rafael
Oakland

18. SOURCE: Inundation data from Knowles, 2008. Additional salt pond elevation data by Siegel and Bachand, 2002.
Aerial imagery is NAIP 2005 data. BCDC.gov
Foster City
East Palo AltoMenlo Park
16 Inches
of Sea Rise
Silicon
Valley

19. SOURCE: Inundation data from Knowles, 2008. Additional salt pond elevation data by Siegel and Bachand, 2002.
Aerial imagery is NAIP 2005 data. BCDC.gov
Moffett Field
237
Sun,
Google,
and, Cisco
all at risk

20. July Temperatures
2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy
www.climatechange.ca.gov/adaptation
California’s
agricultural
regions will be
hard hit

21. Midcentury
Increase of 5 Degrees Fahrenheit
2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy
www.climatechange.ca.gov/adaptation
5+

22. Could See Increases of 10 to 14
Degree Fahrenheit in Central Valley*
2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy
*“Emissions pathways, climate change, and impacts on California”
Christopher B. Field and 17 coauthors, June 23, 2004, PNAS
10+

23. Smaller snowpack
More water shortages
Less water for agriculture
“Emissions pathways, climate change, and impacts on California”
Christopher B. Field and 17 coauthors, June 23, 2004, PNAS

24. Heat Waves in Los Angeles
Basin Will Be Much More
Frequent
Dan Steinberg, Associated Press
“Emissions pathways, climate change, and impacts on California” Christopher B. Field and 17 coauthors, June 23, 2004, PNAS

25. It Is Not Just California

26. Many cities at risk
• Miami
• Key West
• Tampa
• New York
• Venice
• Amsterdam

27. In 150 years, students may study
New Orleans like Carthage:
A city that no longer exists

28. World’s Poor
Hard Hit
Move 17
million
people this
century?

29. Some Consequences
Are Unpredictable
Some Are Irreversible
Image: Roger Braithwaite, University of Manchester (UK)

30. Ice Sheets Collapse
Consequences
are Huge
20+ Feet of
Ocean Rise
Image: Roger Braithwaite, University of Manchester (UK)
NSF Website and the National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

31. Acidification and Warming
of the Ocean
Risk of some piece of the ecosystem collapsing
NOAA

32. Effect on Ocean Currents
Hard to Predict
Ocean’s Conveyor is Driven by
a Cold Arctic
Image: Argonne
National Laboratory

33. Picture: MSU.edu
400 Gigatons Of Methane Locked
In The Frozen Arctic Tundra

34. Methane Burps
A Ticking Time Bomb
There are enormous
quantities of naturally
occurring greenhouse
gasses trapped in ice-like
structures in the cold
northern muds and at the
bottom of the seas.
Published on 15 Dec 2004 by Baltimore Sun (Common Dreams). Archiv ed on 15 Dec 2
by John Atcheson
Image courtesy of NASA

35. Dramatic
Change in
Just 12
Years

36. An Area the Size of Germany and
France Combined is Melting
Unprecedented
and
Irreversible

37. “The climate is nearing tipping
points. Changes are beginning
to appear and there is a
potential for explosive
changes, effects that would be
irreversible”
James Hansen,
Director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for
Space Studies
The Observer, February 15, 2009,

38. “Climate change is real. It's
happening now.”
Senator John McCain
August 24, 2009
LA Times
Kristen Wyatt Associated Press http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-
global-warming-national-parks,0,6162897.story

39. In Your Lifetime
 Temperatures will rise faster
 More extinctions
 More climate refugees

40. Business As Usual
 Collapse
 North Pole
 Greenland
 West Antarctic
 Himalayas
 Melting permafrost
 Acidification of oceans
 Rapid species extinction
 Ocean clathrates (frozen methane)
 Deforestation and mega fires
Six of These will
Happen in Your
Lifetime

41. Why is This
Happening?
 Burning too much stuff
 Coal
 Tropical forests
 Wood and agricultural waste
 Being Inefficient
 10% efficient homes
 18% efficient cars
 Air pollution
 Soot
 CO2
 CO
 Methane
 Ozone
 Nitrous Oxide
 HFCs/CFCs

42. Deadly Combination
Inefficiency
Burning
Air pollution
Business as Usual

43. Extreme Makeover – Home Edition
Scenario 2
Amory Lovins' home

44. Objective “Home Makeover”
Better Environment
Safer Environment
For Everyone

45. 55 Recommendations
Find more:
www.EltonSherwin.com
Download first few chapters free:
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Blackberry Mac

46. World-
wide Next
20 Years
(Soot)
World-wide Campaign Against
Soot, Air pollution and Refrigerants

47. Attach All
Appliances to
the Internet
Owners know how
much power each
one is using

48. Put More Information On-line
www.energyrating.gov.au 1
Brand
Refrigerators-
Freezers
Model
Total
Volume
(litres)
Energy
Consumption
(kWh/annum)
10 Yr
Energy
Cost
Star
Rating
DAEWOO FRN-U20__I 603 515 $875 *****
WHIRLPOOL 6E_2__XR_ 640 614 $1,043 *****
SAMSUNG SRS767DGB 768 731 $1,242 ****
GENERAL
ELECTRIC
PCG25
GSG25MIP__
761 729 $1,239 ****
1
There is much to like about the Australian government’s site, foremost is showing the ten-year cost of

49. Energy Hog Website

50. Put Grades on All Products

51. Grade Buildings
 Start grading buildings based on
ACTUAL ENERGY USE
 Inefficient buildings steal jobs and wealth

52. 55-step Action Plan
“Home Makeover”
Create Better Homes
Create Jobs
Create Wealth
Eliminate Air Pollution

53. Checklists
Documents section of:
www.EltonSherwin.com
www.Slideshare.net/EltonSherwin
 Energy Wasters at Work
 Energy Wasters at Home
 Cities and Counties
 Simple Green Building Code
 Homes
 Commercial Property
www.Amazon.com

54. Dramatic Savings
$5/month utility bill
Some homes in
Woodside use 100
times as much
energy!
Amory Lovins' home

55. “The time for action is now.”
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

56. Elton’s Focus
 Buildings
 Accurate grades
 Mega-projects sip energy
 Fast action greenhouse agents
 Soot, methane, CO, ozone,
refrigerants
 Joint action with China
 Next year
 NGOs take a family planning pledge
 Subsistence farmers
 YouTube

57. What Are You Going to Do??

58. Service Project
www.stovesonline.co.u
k/darfur-stove.html
Efficient
Cookstoves

59. Work with a Middle/High School

60. Start An Energy Hog Contest or
Website

61. Use Your Skills and Passions
 Teach or train
 Research, count, measure
 Improve efficiency – upgrade buildings
 Reduce emissions
 Write, blog, Facebook
 Start a new group
 Contest
 Service project
 Video production

62. Work on Policy Issues
 Air pollution
 Carbon tax
 Waste management
 DMV fees
 Congestion fees
 Urban planning
 International relations…
Or

63. Many Opportunities
 Pool pumps
 Window films
 Motor controls
 Smart lighting
 Building tune ups
 Thermal storage on air conditioners
 Green building code recommendations
 Research
 Smart appliances

64. Pick One
 School
 Work
 Church
 A nonprofit
 A local dump
 Your utility
 One town (outside of US)
 A local water treatment
plant
 City planning department
 State or federal
government
 A local university
 On the web
 In the media
 With the elderly
 With low-income housing
 With local agriculture
and Focus

65. You Did Not Create the Problem
You Are Inheriting It
It Will Change Your World

66. More Information
www.EltonSherwin.com
www.eltonsherwin.wordpress.com
www.facebook.com/EltonSherwin

67. Questions

68. Appendix

69. Recent Past, 1961-1979
Higher Emissions Scenario, 2080-2099
Lower Emissions Scenario, 2080-2099
Number of Days Over 100ºF
White House Report on Climate Change

70. Recommended Label
In Monthly Utility Bill
C-
B+
Electricity**
Gas**
*125 is highest score
1 is lowest
Compared to all federal buildings in
America
(See Inverted Scale with Progressive Weighting)
** The energy grade is determined
comparing this building to other similar
buildings in similar climates
74*
Image from iStockphoto

71. Why This Label
 Grades motivate change
 Rewards small
improvements
 Automatically update
monthly
 Universal participation
 Does not require pre-audits
 Fair: works for all sizes of
buildings
 Drive dramatic reductions
in energy consumption

72. http://www.slideshare.net/EltonSherwin/presentations
http://tinyurl.com/34dp6qx and http://tinyurl.com/34vrhl6
Also, see
Response to the
National Energy Rating Program for Homes
Request for Information

73. North Pole Ice Thickness
In 2009, less
than 15% of
the North
Pole was
“old ice.”
North Pole, NASA

74. McKinsey

75. McKinsey 2007

76. Sector Specific Abatement Cost Curves
Agriculture in the UK
The First Report of the UK Committee on Climate Change
December 2008

77. US DOE. CO2 in America. Excludes other greenhouse pollutants: methane,
Soot, CFCs, etc. Also excludes embedded energy in imports and most impacts from Agriculture.
CO2 Emissions:
Circled sources are
mostly buildings

78. Electricity Consumption in
Healthcare Buildings