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Our Energy Challenge
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Our Energy Challenge
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Tuesday, July 8, 2003
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Author/s:
Richard Smalley
According to the late Nobel Prize winning Richard Smalley, energy is the number one challenge facing humanity. In this engaging and thought-provoking lecture, Smalley explains that acquiring sustainable, renewable sources of energy will not only alleviate a growing energy crisis, but will help solve other world issues, such as water, terrorism, and health. In this 2003 lecture, Smalley presents his vision for our energy future, which focuses on the transition to renewable sources of energy by developing cost-effective technologies that capture solar, wind, and geothermal energy. Drawing from his professional experience, Smalley argues that advances in nanotechnology are the key to achieving a sustainable energy future.
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July 08, 2003

Presented by Richard Smalley

energy, sources, future, solar, wind, geothermal, space-based solar, power, storage, one-world energy scheme, nanotechnology, public lecture, renewable, climate change, importance, priority, global warming
Earth's Problems and Prospects: The View from Space
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Earth's Problems and Prospects: The View from Space
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Thursday, July 16, 1998

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Author/s:
John S. Lewis
Recent developments in space technology - and in the attitudes of political and economic figures - make it clear that the cost of access to limitless resources of nearby space can be dramatically reduced. Such cost reduction makes a host of new ventures far more attractive, and suggests an economically sound program for using those resources to provide cheap, clean, abundant energy for the residents of Earth. In this lecture, Dr. John Lewis, professor at the University of Arizona and co-director of the Space Engineering Research Center, argues that space travel can be accomplished at a fraction of the current cost so long as competitive private companies are allowed to take the place of the long-time government monopoly of space.
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July 16, 1998

Presented by John S. Lewis

space, industry, privatization, operations, energy, government, public lecture, climate change, global, warming, change, earth, view
Carbon-Free Power in the 21st Century
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Carbon-Free Power in the 21st Century
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Wednesday, July 16, 1997

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Author/s:
Martin I. Hoffert
Improvements in energy efficiency alone are probably insufficient to stabilize carbon dioxide concentrations and mitigate their global warming potential. In this lecture, Dr. Martin Hoffert, Professor Emeritus at New York University, demonstrates that a global transition to sustainable carbon-free energy systems must be initiated to avoid a "stabilization crunch" and to meet Rio Treaty implementation demands.
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July 16, 1997

Presented by Martin I. Hoffert

carbon, energy, change, Rio, power, alternative, renewable, public lecture, climate, greenhouse effect, global warming, solutions, carbon-free energy, carbon-free power, 21st century, technology