Two Billion Cars: Dan Sperling, Founding Director, Institute of Transportation Studies; Board Member, California Air Resources Board.

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🗓️ 19 February 2009

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Driving Toward Sustainability Dan Sperling, Founding Director, Institute of Transportation Studies; Board Member, California Air Resources Board By 2020, the number of cars on the planet will double to two billion. Without big changes to our cars, fuels and personal habits, the carbon footprint from transportation will rise above its current 25 percent of total emissions. Can we break the cycle of “shock and trance?” Join energy expert Sperling as he reveals what is at stake if we refuse to move quickly, and what opportunities exist if we act now. This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club on February 12, 2009 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6	Welcome to this podcast of Climate One at the Commonwealth Club.
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1:00.6	Good evening and welcome to tonight's meeting of the Commonwealth Club of California.
1:05.9	I'm Greg Dalton, vice president of the Commonwealth Club and founder of Climate One at the Commonwealth Club. Our distinguished guest today is Dan Spurling, founding director of the
1:10.7	Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis and a member of the California Air Resources Board.
1:17.5	He is also co-author of two billion cars driving towards sustainability.
1:23.3	Within 20 years, the number of cars driving around our earth will double to $2 billion.
1:28.9	That will have profound implications for our cities, our climate, public health, and the way of life.
1:35.0	Yet Mr. Spurling contends there is much to be hopeful about if we, as Californians and Americans,
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