The Future

The FutureA presentation

George lucasFilmmaker and science fiction pioneer

His vision of a long long time ago, was really just a romantic way of projecting his view on the future*

He thought that in the future darkness will have overcome but not good.That three people of seemingly different backgrounds and personas could team together*

Fight with swords*

Fly planes*

And exterminate entire planets *

Ending evil.

Because no one really thinks evil is good*

Then there was John Lennonstill the most accomplished musician of our time 30 years after his sudden assassination. His view of the world was a bit more psychedelic*

Personality and vibrant colors should be everywhere, his art suggested*

Love should be everywhere and open to everyone*

People should not be pulled from their homes to fight worthless wars that have no purpose, if war could even have a just purpose in the first place*

In essence, the people of the earth should aim towards creating a world of*

peace*

While both lucas and lennon projected their creative being to envision an ideal world, some see the world as it is plain and clear.*

Marion King Hubbert (October 5, 1903 October 11, 1989) was a geoscientist who worked at the Shell research lab in Houston, Texas. He made several important contributions to geology, geophysics, and petroleum geology, most notably the Hubbert curve and Hubbert peak theory (a basic component of Peak oil), with important political ramifications. He was often referred to as "M. King Hubbert" or "King Hubbert".*

He attended the University of Chicago, where he received his B.S. in 1926, his M.S. in 1928, and his Ph.D in 1937, studying geology, mathematics, and physics. He worked as an assistant geologist for the Amerada Petroleum Company for two years while pursuing his Ph.D., additionally teaching geophysics at Columbia University. Later serving as a faculty member at both stanford and uc berkley.

All of this showed him the world as it is*

With an entrenched virus sure to deliever an impending collapse unless great change was made.This virus was not a cynobacteria, building up strident ammuity to antibiotics in our food though those are too coming. What he saw as a virus was us. civilization*

All of these lights, which mimic the lipid bilayer of a cell signals when its in trouble are dependent on texas tea *

Conventional Oil. Black gold. Hydrocarbons. Whatever you call it he knew we need it*

We pump it from miles below the ocean*

At great risks*

Ship it, which treacherous costs*

Refine it threatening our biosphere*

Put those products in more oil-dependent trucks*

Send those to stores*

Burn more oil to get to those stores*

Buy produces laced with it*

Lots of them*

None of these will we need. But wait. Without candy we cant have meat*

Bring them to our homes*

Which contribute to significant proportions to too kill our bio sphere*

And so without bringing our tea from the ocean*

To our house*

*

We as customers dont realize this at all*

At most we have to drive a mere mile or two to both pump our gas from any given location or reach a store.*

We dont realize the emmesity of the situation and costsnot at all (zoom out)*

finite 1.a. Having bounds; limited: a finite list of choices; our finite fossil fuel reserves.b. Existing, persisting, or enduring for a limited time only; impermanent.

Oil, Hubbert taught is finite. And like all finite things it will one day run out, but like any resource this isnt new. What hubbert predicted was this*

There is no more of this to be had, practically. All the easy oil has been gotten.*

Peak Oil. The point at the peak is when half of the avaliable oil has been used up. And only half to be used for the rest of history remains. Half, an ever harder to reach half. This is why saudi arabia, the worlds largest producers is moving quickly off shore *

Peak Oil. The point at the peak is when half of the avaliable oil has been used up. And only half to be used for the rest of history remains. Half, an ever harder to reach half. This is why saudi arabia, the worlds largest producers is moving quickly off shore *

Not only in america, as hubbert predicted, but the world over. This isnt hogus pocus riff raff, end of the world, conspiriacy talk. The EIA, the international energy agency, confirmed it as reality as recent as 2010. We live in a finite world. Limitless growth is thus impossible*

We see this in populations and earth-bound ecosystems everywhere.But economists and politicans are yet to admit the bounds of the future*

We see this in populations and earth-bound ecosystems everywhere.But economists and politicans are yet to admit the bounds of the future*

So what happens when this becomes*

This. Which in enevitably bound to happen, even when we transistion to nonconvential sources like the canadian tar sands, which we are quickly embracing*

These shelves made of oil*

Will soon empty. But for a moment lets try an be optimistic, not american consumers and leave our stuff behindthe hippie way*

Maslows Hierarchy of Needs

This is about our most basic needs*

This is about the only home weve ever known*

World Population Counter

And there are more and more of us everyday*

Both because of human ingeniity*

Both because of human ingeniity*

State of the Union 2011

And their own liveihoods*

State of the Union 2011to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars we currently give to oil companies

And their own liveihoods*

State of the Union 2011to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars we currently give to oil companiesWithin 25 years, our goal is to give 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail

And their own liveihoods*

We wouldnt buy bottled water, which at this very moment is one of the biggest menances facing our earth and oceans*

Pacific Ocean Gyre Pic

An area off the west coast of america have an area twice the size of texas looking something like this *

But this relatively small area isnt even the biggest problem. This trend is across the globe*

And in the coming decades we will have to realize our error, correct it, or deplete the oceans rich biodiversity, which although we seem to act differently, are both dependent and a part of.*

We wont have to buy TVs*

Less time can be spent grounging in doors*

And more outside living the life which encompassed all just a few short generations ago*

We wont buy candy, just one of many items in our current nutritional system whose rise is paired with the of cancer *

Rate of Cancer1 in 2 men

1 in 3 women

None of these will we need. But wait. Without candy we cant have meat*

And logically if we dont have meat we wont have*

Corna energy intensive crop*

The shelves of consumer products, purely convenient and necessary will both be gone.*

Self explanatory + Yes yes we can.When we think about how, though that is the question. Since all these problems have essentially been created within the last century, we could*

Just go back. Jump in a covered wagon, break up multinational argibusness conglomerates*

And each have our homestead. Problem:*

Crowds today*

Are not what they were 100 years ago and the landmass currently in unsustainable agriculture that fails to feed everyone is equal *

There just isnt enough land to go around*

And we must, at all costs, do everything that can be done to avoid another genocide brought upon by our own stupidity. So maybe*

Instead of moving the city to the countryside in pursuit*

Of the middle ages we should listen to this man*

Dr. Dickson Despommier

Clear, professor of microbiology and public health at the university of columbia in new york city.*

Rather than bringing the city to the countryside--an idea in one of his classrooms hypothesized why dont we bring the farm to the city*

Well how would we do this? What would it look like? Has this ever been done before? This, if anything is, is the staple of design intensive future. *

Or past, as the hanging gardens of babylon may have answered this problem civilizations ago. But such a thing, in our time, would not be made of stone but instead would probably look something like this.*

*

Many designs have been popping up since dr despommiers idea went public nearing 5 years ago. Newark, Pheonix, Chicago and Seatle--all have interest in building these because on the surface they are great ideas. But farming has to do with light, soil and conditions plants have naturally evolved to live with. Everything has to be just right. The science of growing plants without soil, however, isnt an altogether new idea from despommier. Scientists in the early 20th century started making methods to over jump the soil agriculture weve been doing since the first agricultural revolution. Three overarching ideas have came about. *

Overarching, Soilless
Agriculture Techniques

Explain each*

Transition to aeroponics*

Overarching, Soilless
Agriculture Techniques

Explain each*

Making it feasible to pull off within a reasonable distance of urban centers, if not within the actual city limits. But water about water. In the coming end to cheap energy, keeping water will be important. ____ about basic needs. And right now agriculral run off too threatens the balance of everything. We cant be walking *

Slide about water

Miles a day for water clean water.*

Energy

Benefits of Vertical FarmsGet food in cities

Benefits of Vertical FarmsYear round crop productionGet food in cities

Benefits of Vertical FarmsNo crop loss from severe weather eventsYear round crop productionGet food in cities

Benefits of Vertical FarmsUses 70+% less water, no agrochemicals, no fossil fuelsNo crop loss from severe weather eventsYear round crop productionGet food in cities

Benefits of Vertical FarmsNo agricultural runoffUses 70+% less water, no agrochemicals, no fossil fuelsNo crop loss from severe weather eventsYear round crop productionGet food in cities

Benefits of Vertical FarmsAllows repair of damaged ecosystemsNo agricultural runoffUses 70+% less water, no agrochemicals, no fossil fuelsNo crop loss from severe weather eventsYear round crop productionGet food in cities

Benefits of Vertical FarmsCreates new jobsAllows repair of damaged ecosystemsNo agricultural runoffUses 70+% less water, no agrochemicals, no fossil fuelsNo crop loss from severe weather eventsYear round crop productionGet food in cities

Benefits of Vertical FarmsForests can re-sprout.Creates new jobsAllows repair of damaged ecosystemsNo agricultural runoffUses 70+% less water, no agrochemicals, no fossil fuelsNo crop loss from severe weather eventsYear round crop productionGet food in cities

Benefits of Vertical FarmsUses abandoned city propertiesForests can re-sproutCreates new jobsAllows repair of damaged ecosystemsNo agricultural runoffUses 70+% less water, no agrochemicals, no fossil fuelsNo crop loss from severe weather eventsYear round crop productionGet food in cities

Benefits of Vertical FarmsCan grow bio-fuels and plant-derived drugsUses abandoned city propertiesForests can re-sproutCreates new jobsAllows repair of damaged ecosystemsNo agricultural runoffUses 70+% less water, no agrochemicals, no fossil fuelsNo crop loss from severe weather eventsYear round crop productionGet food in cities

George lucasFilmmaker and science fiction pioneer

His vision of a long long time ago, was really just a romantic way of projecting his view on the future*He thought that in the future darkness will have overcome but not good.That three people of seemingly different backgrounds and personas could team together*Fight with swords*Fly planes*And exterminate entire planets *Ending evil.

Because no one really thinks evil is good*Then there was John Lennonstill the most accomplished musician of our time 30 years after his sudden assassination. His view of the world was a bit more psychedelic*Personality and vibrant colors should be everywhere, his art suggested*Love should be everywhere and open to everyone*People should not be pulled from their homes to fight worthless wars that have no purpose, if war could even have a just purpose in the first place*In essence, the people of the earth should aim towards creating a world of*peace*While both lucas and lennon projected their creative being to envision an ideal world, some see the world as it is plain and clear.*Marion King Hubbert (October 5, 1903 October 11, 1989) was a geoscientist who worked at the Shell research lab in Houston, Texas. He made several important contributions to geology, geophysics, and petroleum geology, most notably the Hubbert curve and Hubbert peak theory (a basic component of Peak oil), with important political ramifications. He was often referred to as "M. King Hubbert" or "King Hubbert".*He attended the University of Chicago, where he received his B.S. in 1926, his M.S. in 1928, and his Ph.D in 1937, studying geology, mathematics, and physics. He worked as an assistant geologist for the Amerada Petroleum Company for two years while pursuing his Ph.D., additionally teaching geophysics at Columbia University. Later serving as a faculty member at both stanford and uc berkley.

All of this showed him the world as it is*With an entrenched virus sure to deliever an impending collapse unless great change was made.This virus was not a cynobacteria, building up strident ammuity to antibiotics in our food though those are too coming. What he saw as a virus was us. civilization*All of these lights, which mimic the lipid bilayer of a cell signals when its in trouble are dependent on texas tea *Conventional Oil. Black gold. Hydrocarbons. Whatever you call it he knew we need it*We pump it from miles below the ocean*At great risks*Ship it, which treacherous costs*Refine it threatening our biosphere*Put those products in more oil-dependent trucks*Send those to stores*Burn more oil to get to those stores*Buy produces laced with it*Lots of them*None of these will we need. But wait. Without candy we cant have meat*Bring them to our homes*Which contribute to significant proportions to too kill our bio sphere*And so without bringing our tea from the ocean*To our house*

*We as customers dont realize this at all*At most we have to drive a mere mile or two to both pump our gas from any given location or reach a store.*We dont realize the emmesity of the situation and costsnot at all (zoom out)*Oil, Hubbert taught is finite. And like all finite things it will one day run out, but like any resource this isnt new. What hubbert predicted was this*There is no more of this to be had, practically. All the easy oil has been gotten.*Peak Oil. The point at the peak is when half of the avaliable oil has been used up. And only half to be used for the rest of history remains. Half, an ever harder to reach half. This is why saudi arabia, the worlds largest producers is moving quickly off shore *Peak Oil. The point at the peak is when half of the avaliable oil has been used up. And only half to be used for the rest of history remains. Half, an ever harder to reach half. This is why saudi arabia, the worlds largest producers is moving quickly off shore *Not only in america, as hubbert predicted, but the world over. This isnt hogus pocus riff raff, end of the world, conspiriacy talk. The EIA, the international energy agency, confirmed it as reality as recent as 2010. We live in a finite world. Limitless growth is thus impossible*We see this in populations and earth-bound ecosystems everywhere.But economists and politicans are yet to admit the bounds of the future*We see this in populations and earth-bound ecosystems everywhere.But economists and politicans are yet to admit the bounds of the future*So what happens when this becomes*This. Which in enevitably bound to happen, even when we transistion to nonconvential sources like the canadian tar sands, which we are quickly embracing*These shelves made of oil*Will soon empty. But for a moment lets try an be optimistic, not american consumers and leave our stuff behindthe hippie way*This is about our most basic needs*This is about the only home weve ever known*And there are more and more of us everyday*Both because of human ingeniity*Both because of human ingeniity*And their own liveihoods*And their own liveihoods*And their own liveihoods*We wouldnt buy bottled water, which at this very moment is one of the biggest menances facing our earth and oceans*An area off the west coast of america have an area twice the size of texas looking something like this *But this relatively small area isnt even the biggest problem. This trend is across the globe*And in the coming decades we will have to realize our error, correct it, or deplete the oceans rich biodiversity, which although we seem to act differently, are both dependent and a part of.*We wont have to buy TVs*Less time can be spent grounging in doors*And more outside living the life which encompassed all just a few short generations ago*We wont buy candy, just one of many items in our current nutritional system whose rise is paired with the of cancer *None of these will we need. But wait. Without candy we cant have meat*And logically if we dont have meat we wont have*Corna energy intensive crop*The shelves of consumer products, purely convenient and necessary will both be gone.*Self explanatory + Yes yes we can.When we think about how, though that is the question. Since all these problems have essentially been created within the last century, we could*Just go back. Jump in a covered wagon, break up multinational argibusness conglomerates*And each have our homestead. Problem:*Crowds today*Are not what they were 100 years ago and the landmass currently in unsustainable agriculture that fails to feed everyone is equal *There just isnt enough land to go around*And we must, at all costs, do everything that can be done to avoid another genocide brought upon by our own stupidity. So maybe*Instead of moving the city to the countryside in pursuit*Of the middle ages we should listen to this man*Clear, professor of microbiology and public health at the university of columbia in new york city.*Rather than bringing the city to the countryside--an idea in one of his classrooms hypothesized why dont we bring the farm to the city*Well how would we do this? What would it look like? Has this ever been done before? This, if anything is, is the staple of design intensive future. *Or past, as the hanging gardens of babylon may have answered this problem civilizations ago. But such a thing, in our time, would not be made of stone but instead would probably look something like this.*

*Many designs have been popping up since dr despommiers idea went public nearing 5 years ago. Newark, Pheonix, Chicago and Seatle--all have interest in building these because on the surface they are great ideas. But farming has to do with light, soil and conditions plants have naturally evolved to live with. Everything has to be just right. The science of growing plants without soil, however, isnt an altogether new idea from despommier. Scientists in the early 20th century started making methods to over jump the soil agriculture weve been doing since the first agricultural revolution. Three overarching ideas have came about. *Explain each*Transition to aeroponics*Explain each*Making it feasible to pull off within a reasonable distance of urban centers, if not within the actual city limits. But water about water. In the coming end to cheap energy, keeping water will be important. ____ about basic needs. And right now agriculral run off too threatens the balance of everything. We cant be walking *Miles a day for water clean water.*