Thursday, August 16, 2012

National Clean Energy Summit 2012


President Clinton's speech at the National Clean Energy Summit 5.0 

It is quite long, but very worth watching (you can right away move to about 8:40).

My favorite parts:
- The most successful species on Earth are the cooperators: termites, ants, bees and humans
- The aggregate weight of ants on Earth is more than the aggregate weight of all humans
- One of the most respected opponents of the global warming Prof. of Physics at Berkley Dr. Muller in a study funded by the Tea Party, confirmed the global warming is real  
- The wind in North Dakota can provide electricity for all America
- Painting black roof white in the city of New York will save 18-20% on air-conditioning  
- In one day Germany produced 22 GW of solar energy - equivalent to 20 nuclear power plants
- Germany has on average the same amount of sunshine as London and less than any state in America except Alaska 
- The most expensive electricity is in Caribbean countries (Haiti, the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, pays 36 cents per kilowatt of electricity) 
- Costa-Rica decided to not develop its own oil reserves, but use only clean energy



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