Spills, Sins & Starbucks: how we designed our cities around oil
The Gulf Coast Oil Spill is the worst environmental disaster in history. This talk explores the tragedy of the spill, and how our own dependence on fossil fuels is really to blame and a plan for how to transform our cities and suburbs to eliminate this addiction for good.
The design of our cities and suburbs is dictated by the automobile. From the width of the street, location of driveways, distance between buildings and the spacing of the structure, the automobile has irrevocably changed our cities from human scale to vehicle scale. This talk explores those connections.
Through the lens of the 7 Deadly Sins, this lecture examines the root causes leading up to the oil spill, the forces driving these events and the maps out several poignant and humorous alternatives we need to develop. If the Car Culture represents the 20th Century, then we need to redefine our culture for the 21st.
This brand new "bullet-point free" talk is presented by the acclaimed author of "Green Building for Dummies." It was hailed by Apartment Therapy as "phenomenal" and "engaging, funny and super interesting."
6. I N M E M O R I U M
Jason Anderson
Aaron Dale Burkeen
Donald Clark
Stephen Curtis
Roy Wyatt Kemp
Karl Kleppinger
Gordon Jones
SOURCE: Boston.com Big Picture, Eric Gay Photographer
Blair Manuel
Dewey Revette
Shane Roshto
Adam Weise
D E E P W A T E R H O R I Z O N - 2 0 A P R I L 2 0 1 0
14. BP Safety Violation Timeline
1999-2010
A history of willful violations as their cost of doing business.
SOURCE: Fast Company
15. BP
760
2007-2010
violations
97 %
willful violations
SOURCE: OSHA, Washington Post, Exxon Presentation, 2010
16. 87
days
0 gallons
205,800,00
SOURCE: U.S. Geological Survey, Washington Post
PHOTO: Montgomery Advertiser-David Bundy
17. 6 of oil
hours
worth
US Oil Consumption
19,498,000
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration (EIA)
PHOTO: Edward Burtynsky, Oil Spill #2, Discoverer Enterprise, May 12, 2010
bpd
27. “The Santa Barbara
incident has frankly
touched the conscience
of the American people.”
President Richard M. Nixon
Nixon Visits Beach
Santa Barbara Oil Spill
January 1969
121. 3
out of every
four
lobbyists
previously worked
in Government
SOURCE: Washington Post
122. SOURCE: Center for Responsive Politics
3,500,000,000
$
$1,300,000/hour 2009 Federal Lobbying
123. for bo
th par
ties
238,700,000
$
75% Republicans / 25% Democrats
SOURCE: Center for Responsive Politics
oil & gas company
campaign contributions
since 1990
124.
125. More than just an Oil Spill
Bob Herbert - May 22, 2010
“...the bitter reality of the American present,
a period in which big business has cemented
an unholy alliance with big government
against the interests of ordinary Americans...”
126. GREED LUST GLUTTONY SLOTH ENVY PRIDE WRATH
STILL: Se7en
The Media
144. GREED LUST GLUTTONY SLOTH ENVY PRIDE WRATH
STILL: Se7en
The Politicians
145.
146. “More offshore
drilling...”
June 3, 2010
SOURCE: Letter to President Obama from Gov. Jindal, June 3, 2010
Governor Bobby Jindal
Louisiana
147. “This deepwater
moratorium
could potentially
be devastating
for Louisiana...”
June 3, 2010
Received over
$451,200
from oil companies
since 2005
SOURCE: Open Secrets
Senator David Vitter
Louisiana
148. SOURCE: Open Secrets
apologized to BP
(& used to work for them)
Received over
$1,477,530
from oil companies
since 1989
Rep. Joe Barton
Texas
House Energy & Commerce
Committee
149. “Spill will have
minimal impact”
June, 2010
SOURCE: National Institute on Money in State Politics
Received over
$1,800,000
from oil & gas companies
since 2003
Boss Hogg Governor Haley Barbour
Hazard County, Georgia Mississippi
152. Too Many Hamburgers?
Thomas Friedman - September 21, 2010
“...more interested in what keeps them
in power than what would again
make America powerful,
more interested in defeating each other
than saving the country.”
153. GREED LUST GLUTTONY SLOTH ENVY PRIDE WRATH
The Rest of Us
154. Massive flow of bullsh*t continues to flow from Gulf
The Onion - June 7, 2010
164. Residential Commericial
3½% 1½%
Electricity
1%
Industrial
23%
Transportation
71%
PHOTO: ChrisEnergy Information Administration
SOURCE: US Jordan
Oil End Uses
165.
166. US Oil Production
1900-2010
Showing offshore oil as part of total production.
24
21
18
Barrels Per Day (Millions)
15
SOURCE: US Energy Information Administration (EIA)
12
9
TOTAL US
PRODUCTION
US PEAK OIL
6
3 OFFSHORE
PRODUCTION
0
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
167. US Oil Production & Consumption
1900-2010
Showing offshore oil as small fraction of total oil use.
24
21
18
TOTAL US
CONSUMPTION
Barrels Per Day (Millions)
15
SOURCE: US Energy Information Administration (EIA)
12
9
TOTAL US
PRODUCTION
US PEAK OIL
6
3 OFFSHORE
PRODUCTION
0
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
CONSUMPTION: 19,498,000 BARRELS PER DAY
168. US Oil Production vs. Consumption
1965-2009
Showing offshore oil as part of total production.
24
21
18
TOTAL US
CONSUMPTION
Barrels Per Day (Millions)
15
SOURCE: US Energy Information Administration (EIA)
12
9
TOTAL US
PRODUCTION
US PEAK OIL
6
3
0
1965 1975 1985 1995 2005
169. US Oil Imports
1965-2010
Showing trend since US Peak.
80
70
TOTAL US OIL
IMPORTS
60
50
SOURCE: US Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Percentage
40
30
US PEAK OIL
20
10
0
1965 1975 1985 1995 2005
>71%
OIL IMPORTS:
170. US Oil Imports
1965-2010
Showing trend since US Peak over Presidential Administrations.
JOHNSON NIXON FORD CARTER REAGAN BUSH CLINTON BUSH OBAMA
80
70
TOTAL US OIL
IMPORTS
60
50
SOURCE: US Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Percentage
40
30
US PEAK OIL
20
10
0
1965 1975 1985 1995 2005
>71%
OIL IMPORTS:
171. 1
< %
consumption
US production
% Offshore
DRILLING
172. 5106
offshore rigs in gulf
blowout disaster was
“inconceivable”
Steve Rinehart
BP Spokesperson
05/02/2010
173. Gulf Offshore Rig Locations
2010
Showing the rigs close to the coastline
SOURCE: US Energy Information Administration (EIA) / NASA Visualization Studio
Mississippi Alabama
Texas Florida
Louisiana New Orleans
Houston
41
mi
les
Deepwater Horizon
April 28, 2010
185. Do you favor more offshore drilling?
February - June 2010
Public support declining after the spill in a nationwide poll
70
FAVO
RO FFSH
ORE
60 DRIL
LING
50
Percentage of Respondents
SOURCE: June 16-20, 2010 - Pew Research Center
40
SE
OPPO
30
RIG EXPLOSION
20
10
DON’T KNOW
0
April 2010 May 2010 June 2010
191. Saturday, October 1, 2017
San Francisco Chronicle
LARGE AIR SPILL AT WIND brought to you by Carl’s Jr.
SOME CLAIM THEY ENJOY
BREEZE
FARM
- OTHERS FEEL CHILLED
One local has to put on a
sweater
by Eric Corey Freed, Staff Write
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PACIFICA, CA - A wind farm
is a A large wind farm may consist of
group of wind turbines in the a few used to select locations for
same dozen to several hundred individua wind
location used for production of electric l energy development. The WPD
wind turbines, and cover an extended is a
p owe r. I n d i v i d u a l t u r b i n e s calculation relating to the effective
a re area of hundreds of square miles,
interconnected with a medium voltage but force of the wind at a particula
the land between the turbines may r
(usually 34.5 kV) power collectio be location, frequently expressed in
n used for agricult ural or other term
system and communications network of the elevation above ground
. purposes. A wind farm may be located level
At a substation, this medium-voltage over a period of time. It takes
off-shore to take advantage of strong into
electrica l current is increase account velocity and mass. Color-
d in winds blowing over the surface
voltage with a transfor mer of an coded maps are prepare d for
for ocean or lake. a
connect ion to the high voltage particular area describing, for example,
The world's first wind farm
transmission system. – "Mean Annual Power Density, at
consisting of 20 wind turbines rated 50
A large wind farm may consist of at Meters." The results of the above
a few 30 kilowatts each – was installed
dozen to several hundred individua on calculati on are used in an
l the shoulder of Crotched Mountain index
wind turbines, and cover an extended in developed by the National Renewab
southern New Hampshir le
area of hundreds of square miles, e in Energy Lab and referred to as "NREL
but December, 1980.[1][2] The Roscoe
the land between the turbines may CLASS." The larger the W
be Wind Farm (780 MW) in the state PD
used for agricult ural or other of calculation the higher it is rated
Texas, United States, is the world's by
purposes. A wind farm may be located class.[5]
largest wind farm.[3] Spain, Denmark
off-shore to take advantage of strong , Wind farm siting can be highly
and Germany are Europe's main
winds blowing over the surface wind controversial, particularly when
of an energy producers; although, the largest sites
ocean or lake. are picturesque or environmentally
wind farm in Europe is the Vlorë
The world's first wind farm Wind sensitive. Related factors may include
– Farm (500 MW) located in Albania.
consisting of 20 wind turbines rated having substantial bird life, or requiring
at A quantity called the Wind Power
30 kilowatts each – was installed roads to be built through pristine
on Density (WPD) is used to select
the shoulder of Crotched Mountain areas. The areas where wind farms
in locations for wind ene are
southern New Hampshir rgy built are generally non-residential,
e in development. The WPD is a calculatio due
December, 1980.[1][2] The Roscoe n to noise concern s and se
299. Global Carbon Emissions
1751-2007
Fossil fuels from Colonial days through the Industrial Revolution
9,000
8,000
SOURCE: US Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, cdiac.ornl.gov
7,000
TOTAL
EMISSIONS
6,000
Million Metric Tons
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
1751 1767 1783 1799 1815 1831 1847 1863 1879 1895 1911 1927 1943 1959 1975 1991 2007
300.
301.
302. Belief in Global Warming
2006-2009
Despite the facts, belief in Man Made Climate Change is waning
100
91
DEMOCR
90 ATS 86
83
INDEPENDENTS
80 75
79 78
70 75
Percentage who believe
S
REPUBLICAN
60
62
59
50
53
INCONVENIENT TRUTH
49
40
SOURCE: Pew Research Center
30 35
FILM RELEASE
20
10
0
2006 2007 2008 2009
324. RIGHT WRONG
EITHER
(& the scientists are wrong) (& the scientists are right)
take control of our
ENERGY SUPPLY and we must
ACT NOW
out of the hands of
OIL & A N I E S CATASTROPHE
COAL to prevent
C O M P
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