The future can be great for our community, for our province, for the energy industry, for you and me and our children. However, it will require us to embrace positive change and to start the transition now. We can create an Alberta that is a renewable energy powerhouse by energy companies utilizing land and infrastructure they already use to generate renewable energy as well as using fuel cell technology to produce much cleaner energy from hydrocarbons during the transition period. And we can become the supplier of choice for clean and green hydrocarbon products, with extraction, processing and use of final products without emissions, pollution, fresh water and use of harmful chemicals. Why won't we start now? We can do it together!
2. Our Vision:
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We want the same
thing you want.
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An energy industry
thatโs better for the
planet, and for people,
and for profit.
3. The green origin
of hydrocarbons
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If you consider that forces of nature
created them, they are green. Hydrocarbonsโจ
were created by a combination of:
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โข the sunโs energy
โข CO2
โข photosynthesis
โข phytoplankton and plants
โข zooplankton and animals
โข anoxic conditions
โข pressure and temperature
โข and a lot of time
4. Easy access toโจ
abundant energy
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Humanity has flourished with
tremendous help from fossil fuels:
coal, oil and natural gas.
5. How didโจ
hydrocarbons โจ
become dirty?
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Because we burn them as fuel.
Hydrocarbon combustion generates
both GHG emissions and pollution.
When we had fewer people and fewer โจ
activities, this was not significant.
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But now, we are overwhelming โจ
natureโs ability to deal with the โจ
results of hydrocarbon combustion.
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6. andโฆ we burn โจ
them to create โจ
more hydrocarbons
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Itโs a vicious cycle.
7. Hydrocarbons are an inefficient
and non-renewable source of fuel
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less thanโจ
20% of itsโจ
energyโจ
potentialโจ
is used.
8. The future canโจ
be optimistic
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Humanity will make better
choicesโฆ eventually.
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We can wait until the crisis sets inโฆ
or we can be proactive...the choice isโจ
in our hands.
9. Imagineโฆ
clean & greenโจ
hydrocarbons
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Clean and green hydrocarbons โจ
used as a source material for
recyclable and reusable
products, not as a fuel.
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Produced without GHG
emissions, pollution,
harmful plasticizers
or fresh water.
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10. โItโs better to help create new order
than be a victim of itโ
Wallace Pratt
15. Change starts withโจ
each of us
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We donโt need to wait for change to happen
on a grand scale to see a difference.
Change starts with you, at home. Today.
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โข Reduce, reuse and recycle
โข Walk, bike, public transportation
โข Use high efficiency natural โจ
gas furnace and appliances
โข Install solar panels on โจ
the roof of your house
โข Use LED lights
โข Drive an electric car
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16. Let's focus our efforts on a much better
future for our industry, for our province,โจ
and for our country.
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Do it for you, for me,โจ
and for our children
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Letโs do it together!
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Krzysztof (Kris) Palka
Visuals:โจ
Wes Pohl