Why Local Matters and Why It's Inevitable

Why local

matters and why it’s inevitable!

Asher miller Confluence philanthropy

February 4, 2015

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1 Barrel 25,000 labor hours

500,000 dollars

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U.S.

Indonesia

Bangladesh

Columbia

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Imported $1.73 trillion in goods 80 x All U.S. Trade 50 years ago

U.S. Ports in 2011

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Wages & productivity a Growing Gap

1948 1958 1968 1978 1988 1998 2008

Cumulative Growth in Wages

Cumulative Growth in Net Productivity 243.1 %

108.9 %

D a t a : E c o n o m i c P o l i c y I n s t i t u t e

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I m a g e : E N E R G Y : O v e r d e v e l o p m e n t a n d t h e D e l u s i o n o f E n d l e s s G r o w t h

1998-2005 2005-2013

CAPEX (Trillions)

Production Growth (Million barrels/day)

8.6 mbd

Crude oil Diminishing Returns

3.0 mbd

$1.5 trillion

$4.0 trillion

D a t a : S t e v e n K o p i t s

Unsustainable Trends

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Energy Security & Climate

going local Four Big Whys

Food Security & Health

Building Resilience & True Sustainability

Economic Well-Being & Social Justice

I m a g e : K o k o p a k o , T h e N o u n P r o j e c t

Postcarbon.org

resilience.org

Why Local Matters and Why It's Inevitable

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