marcel reichart back on stage
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:47:53 AM
he's introducing Bertrand Piccard (BP) from solar impulse
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:48:48 AM
over 100 years the Piccard family is involved in exploration
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:49:15 AM
BP talks today about solar impulse, a solar plane that goes around the whole world
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:49:41 AM
BP: i don't need a long speech to explain that we have a lot of challenges before us
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:50:54 AM
BP: the problem is not new ideas
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:51:19 AM
"Pioneering spirit is not about new ideas, it is about fighting old ideas."
by is at 1/26/2010 9:51:39 AM
BP: the problem is how to get rid of old habits and old ways of thinking
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:51:39 AM
"impossible" has always been the mindset before a great exploration
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:52:33 AM
when we're sure something is not possible, we have to change our perspective
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:52:57 AM
we should lern for life from flying a ballon.
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:53:37 AM
when you go in the wrong direction with a ballon, you have to change altitude
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:53:52 AM
if you want to change altitude in a ballon, you have to drop ballast
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:54:23 AM
our ballast in life are our habits, mindsets, convictions etc.
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:54:46 AM
we think that our convictions are making us stronger but they are just making us heavier
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:55:08 AM
i believe in doing the opposite of my conviction to create a broader space of choice in between
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:56:18 AM
like not just joining on political party but opposite parties at once
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:56:39 AM
sometimes we need help
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:56:56 AM
like for ballons you need weatherman
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:57:04 AM
do you want to go very fast in the wrong direction or slowly in the right direction?
by jk at 1/26/2010 9:59:12 AM
when you have to calculate how much gas you need to cross the atlantic in a ballon, you really feel the dependency to fossil fuels in your guts
by jk at 1/26/2010 10:01:15 AM
the greatest challenge of the 21st century will be to get rid of that dependency
by jk at 1/26/2010 10:02:13 AM
we have the technologies, but we're not using them
by jk at 1/26/2010 10:04:40 AM
it basically comes down to a lack of vision in politics and business
by jk at 1/26/2010 10:05:40 AM
that's what we have in mind with solar impulse
by jk at 1/26/2010 10:06:10 AM
when we started, we had no one supporting us
by jk at 1/26/2010 10:08:24 AM
after a year, we had 70 people on our teams
by jk at 1/26/2010 10:08:35 AM
the plane is completely made out of carbon fiber
by jk at 1/26/2010 10:08:49 AM
the goal for this summer is to make the launch with our own power and after that fly through the night only on batteries
by jk at 1/26/2010 10:11:17 AM
but this airplane flying day and night is much more
by jk at 1/26/2010 10:11:58 AM
it stands for the hunt to get us independed from fossil fuels until it's to late
by jk at 1/26/2010 10:12:39 AM
that's it from this session
by jk at 1/26/2010 10:21:28 AM
by schrefel via Twitpic at 1/26/2010 10:10:28 AM