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Energy Plan for the Nation
An Answer to Foreign Fossil Fuel Dependency
Jones and Associates Sarah Jones
Assetou Barry
John Fritz
Laura Meza
Overview
• Need for action• Immediate Alternatives• Renewable Energy• Political Obstacles and Strategies• Concrete Benefits
Need For Action
• Oil production in the USA has declined by 60% • Global oil production is at or near peak• Renewables remain less than 1%• 2/3 of US energy comes from oil (2/3 of which
comes from abroad) and gas. The rest is mostly coal
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Need for Action
• Strengthen international ties by helping international regime building
• National power-US should lead renewable technology trend
Renewable Energy Advantages
• Reduce our dependence on foreign oil• Allows military to focus on core mission• Lessen the effects of global climate change• Create a new market in which the United States
could exert influence• Increase our energy options • Protect the US economy
Investing in Renewable Energy • Investing $180 billion
over the next decade to eliminate oil dependence can save $130 billion gross, every year by 2025
• This saving can replace today’s $10-billion-a-month oil imports with domestic reinvestment
Investing in Renewable Energy• Should encourage more efficient energy usage• Should institute a carbon tax on high carbon
emitters such as coal plants• Subsidies for energy should reflect the future
energy market• Should increase subsidies to renewable sources • Should decrease subsidies to coal and oil
companies
Political Obstacles and Strategies• Coal Lobby
• Coal generates more than half of the electricity used in the United States
• Invest in clean coal technologies so they can continue to have a percentage of the market
• Develop new gasification methods (Nebraska)
Political Obstacles and Strategies
• Oil Lobby• Invest in automotive efficiency, hybrids
still use oil• Big oil can transition to big hydrogen
Political Obstacles and Strategies
• Other Opponents• Frame issue as a national security threat• Middle East is unstable and our future cannot
be tied to its future
Concrete Benefits
• By 2015, the early steps in this proposed transition will have saved as much oil as the U.S. gets from the Persian Gulf
• By 2040, oil imports could be gone.
• By 2050, the U.S. economy should be flourishing with no oil at all
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