10 XThe Solar Transportation

Ron Swenson, General Transportation FundBengt Gustafsson, Beamways

Podcar City Conference 3Malmö, Sweden, Dec. 9, 2009

2009 General Transportation Fund

Silicon Valley: A dollar will get you 10!

www.bfi.org

Bucky Fuller

“More with less.”

1966

Solarevolution: A barrel of oil will get you 10!

SOLAR TRANSPORTATION

2009 General Transportation Fund

Tonatiuh

World Solar Challenge

Bubbles & Beams -- Solar

Solar Race Car and the Solar Highway

2 seconds apart @ 90 km/hr = 50 m

Solar Race Car averages 90 km/hr with 6 m2 solar panel

… Podcars have 50 m ÷ 3 m = 17 X more collection area than solar race cars!

17 X

2m

3m

Knowing it can be done, let’s ramp onto the Solar Highway …

How can solar do so much?

Most of the useful energy is used to move metal…

Less than 1% of the total energy moves the driver!

Actually, fossil fuels do very little!

Braking

Rolling

Aero

Drag

Drivetrain

Acce

ssorie

s

Engine Loss Idling Loss

13%

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

10 X

SIKA: Energy Efficiency of Podcars

SIKA: Energy of Podcar << SaabkW

h/km

Saab 9-5Podcar + AC

km/hr

Clean Electricity 24/7

Renewables for Load-Matching

What about the night time?

GREEN VISION

2009 General Transportation Fund 2009 General Transportation Fund

San Jose’s Green Vision

Behind the Vision

San José Mayor Chuck Reed went to Washington.

Congressman Mike Honda advised Mayor Reed to be BOLD!

City of San José: RFP for ATN

The City of San José’s Request for Proposals (RFP) for Automated Transit Network FFRDC Development Services

(RFP # 08-09-DOTAD-009)

August 31, 2009

San José ATN: Renewable EnergyEnsure that the ATN system is built in the most energy-efficient manner possible and all practical means of capturing and utilizing renewable energy to power the ATN system are fully pursued. (pg 5)

•• Experience with renewable energy systems & energy-efficiency strategies (pg 6)•• … the ATN Consultant team shall fully evaluate how the ATN system could be

constructed to maximize its energy efficiency and potentially be powered in whole or part by renewable energy.

•• … quantifying preliminary energy requirements of ATN systems, identifying potential

for renewable energy generation, and calculating carbon emissions reductions achievable through renewable energy ... (pg 24)

••• … evaluate cost/benefits of using renewable energy to offset all or a portion of the

energy requirements of the ATN system, estimate carbon emissions reductions achievable through use of renewable energy ... Identify other green building practices, including energy efficiency measures, that could be cost-effectively integrated into the design. (pg 27)

••• Provide analysis of cost/savings and recommend specifications to execute energy-

efficiency and renewable energy strategies determined feasible (pg 28)

For more information: Laura Stuchinsky, San José

BUYERS & SELLERS

2009 General Transportation Fund

J Y “Dave” WangTwo kinds of businessman:

• Good businessman–Selling

• Bad businessman–Buying

1975

Council on Competitiveness

…U.S. business leaders … disagree sharply over how to encourage renewable-energy investment without imposing higher costs on consumers or businesses that depend on fossil fuels. "This is probably one of the more difficult subjects we've ever had to deal with" … said Chad Holliday, who … leads the … Council on Competitiveness, a group pushing the government to overhaul energy policy.

"Every country … wants … green jobs," Holliday said ... "If we move fast, we can get at least our share. But there's a downside. If we sit back and allow other countries to build that infrastructure . . . we're going to lose.”

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-energy24-2009oct24,0,3902427.story

Public Service NJ

"Absent a clear national commitment to renewable [energy] and to greenhouse gas limits, we will continue to see the supply chain shift overseas, and the promise of the green economy could slip away," said Ralph Izzo, president and chief executive of Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., a New Jersey utility that has invested aggressively in solar power.

Which will you [your country] be?

• Buyer?

or

• Seller?

GLOBAL CHALLENGES

2009 General Transportation Fund

Climate Change

Peak Fossil Fuel Scenario - Olduvai 2008

Non-OPEC Winners & Losers

Economists cling to growth …

“Fields yet to be developed”… are fields that may never be developed.

“Fields yet to be found”… are fields that may never be found.

IEA’s coded “messages” keep staffers looking good, but …

Energy used to get Energy

The Net Energy Cliff

Detroit is Dying

SOLAR POTENTIAL

2009 General Transportation Fund

Sun Power

every year

o

ne t

ime

only

Scientific American, November 2009

Germany’s SuccessHalf as much sun, 10 times more solar

68 kW PV in Malmö

Tekniska museet, Malmö stad Stadsfastigheter, 68 kWp

Båstad Tennis Arena Solar

Sweden has sunshine!

EQUITY

2009 General Transportation Fund

Inequality

Daniel Gomez Canete, Oct 11, 2009 ASPO-USA

kWh

African countries boycott climate change talks

“Every country needs to develop, to improve the lot of their own people, and that means we have to industrialize, and then to consume, and consumption leads to emissions,” says Mr. Alusa. The richer nations need to recognize that poorer nations will increase their emissions … and the richer nations … must bear the greater burden for switching to cleaner and more expensive energies.

Finances to Poor Countries

Lars Løkke Rasmussen, the Danish Prime Minister, … said …[t]he haggling on the very difficult specifics, including emission reduction goals and finance transfers to poorer countries to help them reach targets would be finished later…

Developing countries can still leapfrog…

… the industrialized nations and avoid CO2 emissions by following one basic principle …

10 X 2009 General Transportation Fund

Stockholm

Santa Cruz