Loading...Web 2.0 Summit 08: Saul Griffith (Makani Power/Squid Labs) , High Order Bit
- We talks these days about energy independence, the need to get off foreign oil and are familiar with the term Carbon footprint.
- We needto know our role in this and make energy choices that are in tune with these grandiose visions.
- Wattzon.com is a site which has internet tools like wikis using social networking to help people make the right energy choice.
- Griffith was curious about how much energy he used in daily life.
- We aggregate all our activities to get this number.
- One of the biggest uses in Griffith's life was a return trip to Sydney. His cars, cooking and taking showers the A/C he uses at work.
- Some of it is energy the government uses on our behalf like creating roads,etc.
- Others are laptops, bicycles,etc.
- America uses a tenth of the total energy, Canada a little more. The US average is 11.4 Kilo watts The global average is 2200 watts.
- The world uses 18 terra watts of power. When it comes to CO2 production, US is #1, Russia is #2 and China is #3.
- We can only burn 3 terra watts of fossil fuels in 25 years time.
- We need 11.5 terra watts of new energy. This is a scary concept.
- We have 85000 terra watts Solar power, huge amount of wind and some in geothermal.
- We must measure in watts and not in carbon.
- To conserve the power we use we could use tools for this.
- The wattson website is in public alpha.
- We can choose the number of flights we take and the flight company we use.
- We can choose our foods and personalize our diets. Being vegan reduces the power we use.
- Other choices are commuting.
- .The US government uses more energy than all individuals in the world combined.
- We could ask:What is my life power in terms of light bulbs, wind turbines, pints of oil, etc.
- So we could use this website to lessen the energy we use.
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