Parashah Re-eh and how it is applicable to our environment - A Modern and Biblical View - Presentation by David Lipschitz on 26th August 2014 at Limmud

1. Can Fracking Solve SA’s Electricity Crisis?
And at what cost?
By David Lipschitz
My Power Station Technology
26th August 2014
Phone: 021 551 9935; 074 119 3246
Email: david@mypowerstation.biz; Skype: MyPowerStation
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2. South African Govt Announces
“Intention to Frack. Launches EIA”
March 2011
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3. Agenda
1. A Biblical View: setting the scene
1. Re-eh: to see
2. What do we see?
3. What does the SA government see?
4. What is fracking: the fracker’s view
5. What does fracking do: the land owner’s
view (note land owner used in the widest
sense; we are all landowners)
6. What do we need in a modern economy
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4. The Old Testament: Re’eh
• “See, I set before you this day a blessing and a
curse”
• This happens in Deuteronomy Chapter 11 vs
26 just after the Shmah (the Jewish Mantra)
‫ראה‬
‫אנכי‬
‫לפניכם‬
‫היום‬
‫ברכה‬
‫וקללה‬
• Anochi: a higher self; our conscience
– Ani: I
• KaL: easy, light, simple
• KLaLa: An extra L becomes heavy, a curse
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5. The Old Testament: Part 2
• Genesis Ch 1 vs 28 & Ch 9 vs 1
– “And He blessed them, be fruitful and multiply
and replenish the earth”
– Replenish
• Fill up – with people?
• Leave as you found it, or make it better than you found
it?
• Satiate?
– Jeremiah 31 vs 25: G-d replenishes the soul
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6. The Old Testament: Protect the
Environment
• Bal Tashchit
– Deuteronomy Ch 20: 19-20
– Don’t waste / destroy
– When you lay siege and battle against a city for a
long time in order to capture it, you must not
destroy its trees, wielding an ax against them. You
may eat of them, but you must not cut them
down.
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7. Re-eh: To See: The Video
• First video: Choose Life: Its our sacred duty
• Our Parashah: Re’eh
• Everything we do effects everything
everywhere
• Watch 3 mins 25 seconds
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sacred_Duty
• http://youtu.be/Y9RxmTGHZgE
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8. What do we see?
• Electricity Crisis in South Africa
• We need electricity now
• Fracking: 12 years to get going
– No pipeline infrastructure in South Africa
– Can SA finish large scale electricity projects?
• Coal: 5 years? R158 billion?
– Actual 7 years +
– Actual: R260 billion +
• RE cost reductions 75% decrease in 6 years
• No learning in Coal, Nuclear, Gas
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RE = Renewable
Energy

9. What does the government see?
They have the IRP
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10. IRP: Rooftop PV Scenario
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54608 PV
27830 Gas

11. IRP: Big Gas Scenario
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15900 PV
68200 Gas

12. IRP: CO2 Emission Trajectories
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13. IRP: c/kWh (Eskom Pricing)
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14. IRP: Big Gas: Still Shortages!!!
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15. Fracking
• The Marketing
• Exxon-Mobil Fracking Marketing Video
• “It’s all good! It’s a time tested technology,
used in 1 million wells, so it must be ok!”
• “We need it!”
• “It’s safe! It doesn’t harm the environment!”
• “We follow the rules!”
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16. Fracking is safe? NIMBY
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NIMBY: Not In My Back Yard

17. Fracking
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18. Fracking
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19. Fracking
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http://landscapearchitecturemag.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/f1-fracking1.jpg

20. Fracking
• Presentation 3: Fracking is ok. There are no
reports of ground water contamination!
• From DailyResourceHunter.com web site
(video version of presentation)
• Also at Slide Share
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21. Fracking Reality
• Presentation 4: The good and the bad, our
first balanced presentation
• By Ted Badami on Slideshare
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22. The Fracked Landscape
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http://kininline.blogspot.com/2011/04/fracking-frightening.html

23. The Karoo Today(Karoo National Park)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karoo#mediaviewer/File:Karoo_national_park.jpg

24. Fracking Gone Wrong
Fracking waste: Missouri River, North Dakota
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25. Fracking Reality : Animation
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26. Fracking Chemicals
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From: www.FracFocus.Org

27. Fracking Drinks?
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http://www.treasurethekaroo.co.za/fracking-facts

29. Frack Pad
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http://www.lowersusquehannariverkeeper.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/drill-site.jpg

30. Frack Pad
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http://www.marcellus-shale.us/fracking.htm

31. Frack Traffic
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http://protectingourwaters.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/towanda-truck-traffic.jpg

32. Fracking Waste Water
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http://protectingourwaters.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/frack-waste-pit-susquehanna-county-from-a-front-window.jpg

33. Frack Gas Waste - Flaring
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http://www.popularresistance.org/fracking-flares-in-north-dakota-bakken-shale-equal-1-million-cars/

34. Fracking Flaring at night
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http://www.popularresistance.org/fracking-flares-in-north-dakota-bakken-shale-equal-1-million-cars/

35. Fracking Jobs
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http://grist.org/news/ohio-fracking-boom-has-not-brought-jobs/
“The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says that
employment in fracking related work was up last year. But total
jobs aren’t up. Why? Fracking is killing jobs in tourism and farming.”

36. Fracking Views
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http://ecowatch.com/2012/06/04/fracking-coming-to-a-city-or-suburb-near-you/

37. Find a well
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38. Where in the Karoo?
“Actually the Karoo Basin”
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karoo

39. Applications for Shale Gas
Exploration
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http://www.treasurethekaroo.co.za/fracking-facts

40. The Karoo
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http://karoospace.co.za/shop/the-illustrated-karoo-map/

41. South Africa Videos
• 05 Fracking, Jonathan Deal & The Fracking
Song : get involved (1 min 15 seconds; and
then 9 mins onwards (30 seconds))
• 06 Graaff-Reinett Our Story (3 mins)
• 07 South Africa from above (30 seconds)
– South Africa promoted as a pristine environment
and tourism destination
• 08 Unearthed Official Trailer (3 mins)
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42. Fracking: “The 60 year lie”
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43. Fracking Bans
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44. “Breaking the Code of History”
• For fast growth, an economy needs:
• By David Murrin in “Breaking the Code of History” book
– Labour & Capital (Population Growth)
– Resources
– Electricity
– South Africa has the first two, but the 3rd is
decreasing
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45. South Africa
• Should be the richest country in the world!!
• Exporting
– Coal, Anthracite
– Minerals
• Gold, Uranium, Silver, Pyrite, Osmiridium, Manganese, Iron Ore, Ferrochromium,
Platinum, Vanadium, Iron, Titanium, Copper, Nickel, Fluorspar, Phosphate,
Diamonds, Zircon, Lead, Zinc, Alumino-Silicates, Antimony, Nickel, Vermiculite
– Jobs
• Importing
– Finished Goods
– Inflation
– Poor exchange rate
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46. The future
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47. The future
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48. The future
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49. The Future
• 09 The Five Winners
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50. Re’eh
• ‫ראה‬
‫אנכי‬
‫לפניכם‬
‫היום‬
‫ברכה‬
‫וקללה‬
• “See I set before you blessing and curse”
• Please say this allowed now!
• Each of us has an opportunity to create
blessing and curse
• What will we choose?
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51. The future
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52. Buying and Producing Electricity
Graph in Rand per kwh ex VAT
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53. David Lipschitz
• BSc (Honours) MBA M.Inst.D
• My Power Station Technology: Energy Expert, Software Developer
• Grid-Tied Photovoltaics Course: Feb 2009, Phoenix, AZ, USA
• NABCEP Level 1 Certification
– North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners
• Additional related technical training
• Spoke at / Chaired Various Energy Conferences and Panel Discussions
• Presented in Parliament re. Climate Change Hearings
• Presented to Parliament re. IRP2010 Hearings
• Presented at Powering Africa Strategy Summit in November 2011 & 2013
• Contact Details:
– 021 813 9895 (Office)
– 074 119 3246 (Cell/Mobile/iPhone)
– david@mypowerstation.biz
– Mypowerstation (Skype)
– http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidlipschitz (LinkedIn)
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