[Scpg] SB Lecture series outlines 7-steps to “fossil freedom” s, Tuesday, May 24 Reining in Wave Power:

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

   Lecture series outlines 7-steps to  “fossil freedom”

CEC’s 7-week lecture series at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. 
The series— will look at both tried-and-tested solutions like conservation 
and solar, as well as some technologies that push the envelope, such as 
wave buoys and aquatic wind turbines.

In addition, CEC has just published a 16-page booklet that shows how our 
“Fossil Free by ’33” goal can be reached even sooner — by 2020.

Tuesday, May 24 Reining in Wave Power: How Ocean Technologies Could 
Transform California
6:30 information faire, 7:30pm lecture.
Mary Jane Parks, AquaEnergy, a Washington state-based ocean energy company. 
Carolyn Elefant, Nationally recognized renewable energy law expert.

Experts discuss emerging technologies
Can beachside communities  harness the power of the ocean?

A nationally recognized expert on offshore renewables will join a 
representative from a research and development company that specializes in 
wave energy to discuss the potential for tapping the power of the ocean in 
the tri-counties.

The duo will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 as part of a seven-week 
lecture series organized by the Community Environmental Council (CEC) in 
the Fleischmann Auditorium at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

Carolyn Elefant a renewable energy law expert from Washington, D.C. 
specializes in offshore renewables, including ocean energy and wind power. 
A former attorney advisor with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
she will provide a big-picture view of the development of ocean energy in 
the U.S.

Mary Jane Parks represents AquaEnergy, a renewable energy company based in 
Washington state that is developing pilot projects in Port Angeles, 
Washington. AquaEnergy has developed a wave buoy that floats beneath the 
water, generating energy through the up and down motion of the waves. With 
each buoy generating 300 kilowatts, 1,000 of these devices along the 
tri-counties coast would generated 2.4 billion kilowatts hours per year 
enough energy to meet more than 10% of our projected total energy demand by 
2020.

While wave technologies are not as far along as solar or wind technologies, 
the untapped power of the ocean by far outweighs the potential of sun and 
wind energy. According to a U.K. Marine Foresight Panel in 2000, if less 
than 0.1% of the renewable energy available within the oceans could be 
converted into electricity it would satisfy the present world demand for 
energy more than five times over."

The CEC series came out of the realization that we not only have an energy 
crisis in this country, we also have a knowledge crisis, said CEC Executive 
Director Bob Ferris.

People are upset by high gas prices, poor air quality, global warming, and 
defense costs. We need to understand that these are all linked to the use 
of fossil fuels. What s more, we need to understand that current and 
emerging technologies can get us out of this mess. If we get serious about 
renewable energy, fossil-freedom can be a reality.

To do this, Ferris said, the community needs to have a clear sense of the 
options available to the tri-counties region.

In conjunction with the series, CEC is releasing a booklet that outlines 
how its Fossil Free by 33 goal can be reached even sooner by 2020.

We need to get past the idea that we should try to drill our way out of 
this problem, Ferris said. Fortunately the tri-counties region has the 
creativity, technology and abundant resources that allow us to choose a 
saner energy path. As the fifth largest economy in the world, California 
has the capability becoming the front leader in renewable energy.

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Tuesday, May 31 Fueling Change: How Hybrids, Hydrogen and Other 
Alternatives are Remaking Transportation 6:30 information faire, 7:30pm 
lecture.
Daniel Emmett, Energy Independence Now!, a Santa Barbara-based non-profit. 
Arjun Sarkar, UC Santa Barbara, Dept. of Transportation. Craig Schmitman, 
CEO of Have Blue, Inc., an Oxnard company developing a hydrogen fuel cell 
powered sailboat. For information: Call Tam, 963-0583

Tuesday, June 7 Power to the People: How the Tri-Counties Can Lead the 
Nation in Demanding a More Sustainable Energy Path 6:30 information faire, 
7:30pm lecture.
Terry Tamminen, Cabinet Secretary to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and 
former Cal EPA Secretary. Concluding remarks by Bob Ferris, Executive 
Director, Community Environmental Council.

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Fleischman Auditorium, 2559 Puesta 
del Sol, Santa Barbara.
For information: Call Tam, 963-0583 ext. 122 or email. Suggested donaton $3 
www.communityenvironmentalcouncil.org/events/cec_calendar.html



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