“ Business can no longer treat climate change as some peripheral workstream, simply to tick the regulatory and compliance box, or to support its public relations strategy.

It must guide and counsel business strategy – including business development and planning.”

"An energy transition is inevitable; the only questions are when and how abruptly or smoothly such a transition occurs.

An energy transition from one type of fuel (fossil fuels) to another (alternative) is an event that historically has only happened once a century at most, with momentous consequences. The transition from wood to coal helped trigger industrialization. In this case, a transition – particularly an abrupt one – out of fossil fuels would have major repercussions…"

United States National Intelligence Council (2008).

“My presidency will mark a new chapter in America’s leadership on climate change that will strengthen our security and create millions of new jobs in the process.”

President-elect Barack ObamaNovember 18, 2008

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70% of crude oil is refined into transportation energy

98% of transportation energy comes from oil

“We go from shock to trance ... It’s part of the addiction, all right. That has to be broken. Now is the time to break it.”

Barack Obama 17th November 2008

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Total World Oil ConsumptionSource: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2009

“Of the 70,000 oil fields on Earth, just 100 giant fields account for 50% of the oil we use.”

"Most of these giant fields are quite old and past their peak of production, and we're not going to find many new ones”

Steve Sorrell, UK Energy Research Centre, Oct 2009

“All in all, most would appear to agree that peak oil output is not very far away for all of us... which means that there is not much time left for a world economy to be driven largely by oil.”

Dr. Shokri Ghanem, former Head of the Research Division at OPEC's Secretariat (Dec ’06)

“Even if demand remained steady, the world would have to find the equivalent of 4 Saudi Arabias to maintain production, and 6 Saudi Arabias if it is to keep up with the expected increase in demand between now and 2030.”

Dr Fatih Birol , Chief Economist, International Energy Agency (Sept. 09)

“By 2012, surplus oil production capacity could entirely disappear, and as early as 2015, the shortfall in output could reach nearly 10 MBD… The implications for future conflict are ominous...”

USJFCOM, "Joint Operating Environment 2008“ (Joint Forces Command, Nov. 08)

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Leaf Gets $1.4Bn

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“We can envision how the car will be integrated into the smart home of the future and how the home-owner would have the ability to make trade-offs and decisions that involve the vehicle as well as the energy budget for the rest of the household”

Greg FrenetteElectric Vehicle Program

Ford

Ford's Transit Connect Van Goes All-Electric,Taxi Version Added (Feb 2010)

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700 Aircraft44,000 Motorized vehicles

Replacing 757’s = 36% fuel reduction, 25% capacity increaseIntroducing 777 = additional 18% fuel reduction

Available ton mile (ATM) is defined as one ton of capacity (cargo) transported one mile

USPS bringing forward acquisition of Electric Vehicles

€3.4m project leads to patent on a mixture of carbon fibre & polymer that can store and discharge electricity.