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The One in a Billion project
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Introduction
Health
Personal finances
Mental control
Consumption patterns
Home optimization
Crisis analysis
Solution analysis
Summary
Summary
Problem statement – Society
Problem statement – Individuals
Solution statement – Society
Solution statement – Individuals
Solution statement – Implementation
Collapse
Expensive energy
Our finite planet
Law of diminishing returns
Individual profit before system efficiency
More profitable to speculate than to produce
Ponzi schemes
Total lack of individual financial resilience
Healing the system
Practical challenges
Laws
The second law of thermodynamics
Additional challenges facing renewable energy
Building a sustainable energy future
The laws of economic exchange
Building a sustainable economic future
The law of human motivation
Building a sustainable culture
Energy
Renewable energy
The renewable energy reality check
Renewable energy and the law of receding horizons
The renewable energy grid parity reality check
The impact of energy storage on solar PV grid parity
Other factors influencing solar PV grid parity
Fundamental limitations of renewable energy
Intemittent renewables and energy markets
The effect of intermittent renewables on electricity prices in Germany
Dissecting Germany’s EEG surcharge
The optimal share of intermittent renewables
Dangers of the 100% renewable energy ideal
Renewable energy and economic growth
What is the potential of distributed generation?
What is the potential of distributed generation with storage and demand response?
A reality check on renewable energy potential
Wind/solar expansion will require perpetual subsidies
CCS
Understanding the continued dominance of fossil fuels
Why we need CCS, Part 1: The basics
Why we need CCS: Part 2 – Reactive climate change mitigation
Why we need CCS – Part 3: Coal
Why we need CCS – Part 4: Carbon negative solutions
Why we need CCS – Part 5: Bridge to a sustainable energy future
Nuclear
Can nuclear make a substantial near-term contribution?
Energy policy
Evaluating fifteen years of IEA energy forecasts
On energy subsidies and externalities
A common fallacy in the energy and climate debate
Towards the ideal CO2 price structure – Part 1: The McKitrick proposal
Can we really decouple living standards from energy consumption?
Putting the IMF externalized cost report in perspective
The externality of avoiding fossil fuels
The most critical variable in sustainable development: Discount rate
The dangers of green technology-forcing
The plethora of better alternatives to wind/solar power and electric cars
A common goal for all sustainability advocates
Tracking Energiewende performance
Fair allocation of climate change costs could double developed world debt
Future energy visions
Future Energy Visions – Part 1: Renewables and Nuclear
Future Energy Visions – Part 2: Hydrocarbon Bridge
Future personal mobility visions – Part 1: Car-free lifestyles
Future personal mobility visions – Part 2: Autonomous vehicles
Future personal mobility visions – Part 3: The vehicle fleet
Electric vehicles
When do EVs become competitive? Answers from Norway…
Can battery electrics disrupt the internal combustion engine? Part 1: “No”
Can battery electrics disrupt the internal combustion engine? Part 2: “Kind-of”
Electric cars: Massive hype, limited value
A glimpse into the future of technologically mature electric cars
Can Tesla save the world?
Why electric car hype is overblown
The future for gas (and hydrogen) guzzlers
A glimpse into the future of electric cars – 2017 edition
Fuel after oil
An electric car revolution will require perpetual subsidies
The Celebrity Couple: Intermittent Renewables and Electric Cars
Another Celebrity Couple: Electric Cars and Autonomous Driving
Technology risk assessment
Risk profiles of different energy technologies
What are the risks related to wind power investment?
What are the risks related to solar power investment?
What are the risks related to nuclear power investment?
What are the risks related to gas power plant investment?
What are the risks related to coal power plant investment?
Seeking Consensus
Internalized costs
Externalized costs
Economics
Economics
The failure of economics
Three reasons for the failure of economics
An engineer’s take on economics
Our domino economy
Zero-resilience consumers
Creating wealth
Lowering the cost of living
Government and financial resilience
How government incetivises consumerism
Example economy
Roles in our exchange economy (the positives)
Roles in our exchange economy (the negatives)
Example economy – The beginning
Example economy – Unfair exchanges
Example economy – Over-consumption
Example economy – The new fiat currency
Example economy – Fractional reserve banking and stimulous
Example economy – Collapse of financial systems
Example economy – The lesson is finally learnt
The moral of the story
Potential futures
Dream
Establishing the idea of personal responsibility
Commercializing the idea of personal responsibility
(Lack of) copyright
Track record
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