TransportPlanet

Transportation ideas for a healthy planet

Stuart Ramsey, P.Eng.

Better than Al Gore.
~ Paul K.

Presentations

This page has presentations for you to view or download. If you have any problems, scroll down to the technical support section.

Oil, That Is PPS, 12Mb

Stuart's latest PowerPoint presentation is "Oil, That Is". It explores connections between oil consumption, climate change, and transportation. This presentation offers some surprising observations, and then explores how we can dramatically reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, anytime we want to and without spending money. This is the companion presentation to the peer-reviewed paper, "The Challenge of the Oracle", available on the Writing page.

Oil, That Is (video)

This is a 37-minute video of the above presentation. Note that the audio starts about 10 seconds late. Choose your format:

Oil, That Is (Flash) SWF, 49Mb, optional full-screen viewing

Oil, That Is (Windows Media) WMV, 35Mb

Oil, That Is (transcript) PDF, 0.1Mb

This is a transcript of what Stuart says in "Oil, That Is", for those who prefer reading.

Oil, That Is (Director's Cut) PPS, 21Mb

This PowerPoint file is the Director's Cut of "Oil, That Is". It has twice as many slides. There's plenty of added detail, images and surprises on oil consumption, climate change, and transportation.

Of Mice and Elephants PPS, 5Mb

For those of you (admittedly few in number) who are looking at a traffic projection or estimate for a proposed transportation project, and wondering if it's realistic or not (hint: it's not), this PowerPoint presentation is for you. No audio or transcript available, but you can get the general message from the images. This is the companion presentation to the peer-reviewed paper of the same name, available on the Writing page.

Of Mice And Elephants (video)

This is a 40-minute video of the above presentation. Choose your format:

Of Mice And Elephants (Flash) SWF, 33Mb, optional full-screen viewing

Of Mice And Elephants (Windows Media) WMV, 33Mb

Technical Support (I'm Stuck!)

The PowerPoint presentations have a file type of "PPS" rather than the usual "PPT". This just means that the file can be viewed, but not edited.

You should be able to view a presentation within your Web browser by clicking on the appropriate link, above. You can also download a presentation to your computer by right-clicking on the link and selecting "Save Target As".

You can view the presentations, but not edit them. If you get asked for a password, select "Read Only" without entering a password. Use the "Page Down" key to move forward through the presentation, and "Page Up" to reverse.

The presentations require PowerPoint 2003 or newer. They will not work on older versions. If you do not have this software, you can get the free PowerPoint 2003 Viewer which will allow you to view these presentations. This only works on Windows-based computers. However, the video versions should work on any computer.

The presentations are not available in PDF format. They contain a lot of dynamic activity and overlapping images that get messed up in PDF files.

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