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BIG SOLUTIONSPEPIJN VLOEMANS // DECEMBER 16TH 2014
NORSE VIKINGS 1000 - 1350 AD
THE ANTROPOCENE
1990 - 2000: TEN SOCCER
FIELDS PER MINUTE
2000 - 2010: SIX SOCCER
FIELDS PER MINUTE
EXTINCTION RATE
1000X - 10.000X
PEAK FOSSIL WATER?
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Jan-90 Jan-95 Jan-00 Jan-05 Jan-10 Jan-15 Jan-20
2002
-200
4 =
100
Source: FAO
World Monthly Grains Price Index, January 1990 – January 2014
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50 - 70%OF INCOME
SPENTON FOOD
2010 2005 2007 1998 2002 2003 2013 2006 2009 2012
2014
13.3
13.5
13.7
13.9
14.1
14.3
14.5
14.7
14.9
1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
Deg
rees
Cel
sius
Source: NASA GISS
Average Global Temperature, 1880-2013
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“THERE IS STILL TIME TO AVOID CATASTROPHIC WARMING, BUT NOT
WITHIN THE RULES OF CAPITALISM AS THEY
ARE CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED.”
“WE BUY THINGS WE DON’T NEED WITH MONEY WE DON’T HAVE TO IMPRESS PEOPLE WE DON’T
LIKE”
IS ECONOMIC GROWTH STILL THE ANSWER
TO OUR PROBLEMS?
2014 1 11 4
2050 1 12 5
2100 1 14 5
ASIA RISING
ECONOMIC GROWTH IS CERTAIN
HOW WE GROW IS UP TO US
“THE BATTLE TO FEED ALL OF HUMANITY IS
OVER”
LED 19X MORE EFFICIENT
LASTS 50-100X LONGER
LIMITS TO GROWTH
GROWTH OF LIMITS
HANGZHOU CHINA
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
Meg
awat
ts
Source: BP
World Cumulative Solar Photovoltaics Installations, 2000-2013
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ALL TRANSPORT WILL BE ELECTRIC
THE RESOURCE REVOLUTION
GREENING THE NOT SO GREEN REVOLUTION
TWEAKING NATURE
DROUGHT RESISTANCE
FLOOD RESISTANCE
SELF FERTILISATION
PESTICIDE CONTROL
HIGHER YIELDS
MICHAEL FARADAY
“NOTHING IS TOO WONDERFUL TO BE
TRUE, IF IT IS CONSISTENT WITH
THE LAWS OF NATURE”
IDEAS ARE THE INFINITE RESOURCE
PETER THIEL:
"SMALL GROUPS OF PEOPLE BOUND TOGETHER BY A SENSE OF MISSION
HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER"
CULTURE MATTERS
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