Wat gaan aan met die klimaat? Dis ongelooflik sleg. Hier is daai bekende beeld van die Noordpool, wat waarskynlik tot niet sal wees iewers in die volgende drie, vier, vyf jaar. Baie, baie angswekkend.
What's happening to the climate? It is unbelievably bad. This is, obviously, that famous view now of the Arctic, which is likely to be gone at this point in the next three or four or five years. Very, very, very scary. So we all look at what we can do.
Ons kyk dus almal wat ons kan doen. En as mens kyk na CO2-bronne wêreldwyd, is 52 persent aan geboue toe te skryf. Slegs 9 persent aan motors, interessant genoeg. So ons gaan eet toe maar sushi. En daar het ons met ’n blink idee vorendag gekom, genaamd EcoRock. Ons't gesê ons kan die 115-jaar-oue gips-pleisterbord-proses, wat 20 miljard pond CO2 per jaar produseer, herontwerp. So dis ’n groot idee. Ons wou dit met 80 persent verminder. En dis presies wat ons gedoen het.
And when you look at the worldwide sources of CO2, 52 percent are tied to buildings. Only nine percent is passenger cars, interestingly enough. So we ran off to a sushi bar. And at that sushi bar we came up with a great idea. And it was something called EcoRock. And we said we could redesign the 115-year-old gypsum drywall process that generates 20 billion pounds of CO2 a year. So it was a big idea. We wanted to reduce that by 80 percent, which is exactly what we've done.
Ons't in 2006 met N&O begin, besluit om herwinde komponente van sement- en staalvervaardiging te gebruik. In ons laboratorium: ons't nog nooit so iets gewys nie. Maar ons mense moes sowat 5000 verskillende mengels beproef om ons teikens te tref. En hulle het baie, baie hard gewerk. So toe het ons voortgegaan en ons produksielyn in Sjina gebou. Die VSA bou ongelukkig nie meer sulke vervaardigingstoerusting nie.
We started R&D in 2006. Decided to use recycled content from cement and steel manufacturing. There is the inside of our lab. We haven't shown this before. But our people had to do some 5,000 different mixes to get this right, to hit our targets. And they worked absolutely very, very, very hard. So then we went forward and built our production line in China. We don't build this production equipment any longer in the U.S., unfortunately.
Ons't die lynaanleg oor die somer gedoen. Ons't net daar begin, met absoluut niks. Julle sien nou vir die eerste keer ’n splinternuwe pleisterbord produksielyn, gemaak sonder enige gips. Dis die voltooide produksielyn. Ons't die eerste paneel op 3 Desember uitgekry. Dis die slyk wat basies op die papier gegiet word. Dis die produksielyn. Die opwindende ding is: kyk na die mense se gesigte. Hulle't vir twee, drie jaar op die projek gewerk. Hulle's so opgewonde: die eerste bord van die lyn af. Ons visepresident van bestuur soen die bord. Natuurlik baie, baie opgewonde.
We did the line install over the summer. We started right there, with absolutely nothing. You're seeing for the first time, a brand new drywall production line, not made using gypsum at all. That's the finished production line there. We got our first panel out on December third. That is the slurry being poured onto paper, basically. That's the line running. The exciting thing is, look at the faces of the people. These are people who worked this project for two to three years. And they are so excited. That's the first board off the line. Our Vice President of Operation kissing the board. Obviously very, very excited. But this has a huge, huge impact on the environment.
Maar dit het ’n reuse impak op die omgewing. Ons't die eerste paneel ’n paar weke later geteken, ’n lieflike seremonie gehou. Wat hopelik lei daartoe dat mense wêreldwyd die produkte gebruik. Dit het Cradle to Cradle goudsertifikasie. Ons't onlangs die Groen Produk van die Jaar gewen, vir "die heruitvind van pleisterbord," van Popular Science. Dankie. Dankie. So hier's wat ons geleer het: 30 kiloliter brandstof -- ekwivalent aan een huis bou. Het julle dit geweet! Dis soos ses keer om die wêreld ry.
We signed the first panel just a few weeks after that, had a great signing ceremony, leading to people hopefully using these products across the world. And we've got Cradle-to-Cradle Gold on this thing. We happened to win, just recently, the Green Product of the Year for "The Re-Invention of Drywall," from Popular Science. Thank you. Thank you. So here is what we learned: 8,000 gallons of gas equivalent to build one house. You probably had no idea. It's like driving around the world six times.
Ons moet alles verander! Kyk in hierdie kamer: stoele, hout -- alles om ons moet verander as ons dié probleem gaan baasraak. Moenie luister as mense sê julle kan nie, want enigiemand kan. Mense wat hulle werk verloor -- ons kan dit regmaak met omgewingsvriendelike poste. Ons het vier fabrieke. Ons bou regoor die land. Ons gaan so vinnig soos ons kan. Twee en ’n half miljoen karre se gips, julle weet, deur CO2 gegenereer, né? So wat gaan julle doen? Ek sal julle sê wat ek gedoen het, en hoekom.
We must change everything. Look around the room: chairs, wood, everything around us has to change or we're not going to lick this problem. Don't listen to the people who say you can't do this, because anyone can. And these job losses, we can fix them with green-collar jobs. We've got four plants. We're building this stuff around the country. We're going as fast as we can. Two and a half million cars worth of gypsum, you know, CO2 generated. Right? So what will you do? I'll tell you what I did and why I did it. And I know my time's up. Those are my kids, Natalie and David.
Dis my kinders, Natalie en David. Wanneer hulle kinders het, 2050, beter hulle terugkyk na Oupa en sê: "Ja, jy't jou bes gedoen met die span wat jy gehad het." So my hoop is dat wanneer julle TED verlaat, julle sal kyk om julle koolstof-voetspoor te verklein, op enige manier moontlik. En as julle nie weet hoe nie, vind my asseblief. Ek sal help.
When they have their kids, 2050, they'd better look back at Grandpa and say, "Hey, you gave it a good shot. You did the best you could with the team that you had." So my hope is that when you leave TED, you will look at reducing your carbon footprint in however you can do it. And if you don't know how, please find me -- I will help you. Last but not least, Bill Gates, I know you invented Windows.
Laaste maar nie die minste nie, Bill Gates: jy't dalk Windows uitgedink; wag tot jy sien, dalk volgende jaar, watse vensters ons gaan uitdink. Baie dankie. (Applous)
Wait till you see, maybe next year, what kind of windows we've invented. Thank you so much. (Applause)