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Steve Chu: A New Energy Program

World Affairs Council: Nor Cal
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horos22 Avatar
horos22
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Posted: 12.15.08, 12:09 PM
to the world affairs council:

when you are taping a technical conference, *please* try to show the graphs that the speaker refers to..

It's very hard to follow the content of the talk otherwise.
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efirmage
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Posted: 12.16.08, 01:09 AM
I cannot believe that the graphs were not shown in this video.
This is a fascinating video even without them, but who can I show this to who does not believe in global warming if there are no graphs?
Please correct this.
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solaris
Posts: 31
Posted: 12.19.08, 09:16 PM
Congratulations to the American people and the Obama team for having elected someone as Steven Chu to lead energy matters. This will put the US on the sci-tech edge. "Lead, follow or get out of the way".
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spartacus
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Posted: 01.01.09, 04:39 AM
This video is sponsored by Chevron? Are you effing kidding me? Conflict of interest much!?
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georgevaccaro
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Posted: 01.01.09, 10:20 AM
Interesting presentation and discussion. I have a few comments:
1. Note there was admittedly some disagreement as to whether MMGW is a fact - whether there is a consensus which is constantly trumpeted by the MMGW crowd.
2. They were both pictured with and I assume consuming plastic bottled water while speaking of levying taxes on unproductive or "dangerous to the long term" behaviours.
3. There is no mention of the implications of such taxation on people's lives and more importantly on technological progress and productivity.
4. Their models appear static and don't appear to account for the fact that our system is constantly changing and we are constantly adapting and have been for as long as life has inhabited the Earth.

I'm convinced IF MMGW is real, through technology we will face the challenges presented, using tools that are available at the time much more efficiently than trying to drastically cut production and progress - which has other costs that are never mentioned in these types of forums.

Very interesting discussion despite my criticisms.
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mrb
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Posted: 03.19.09, 09:17 AM
I found powerpoint slides for this talk at the following link:

http://wacsf.vportal.net/
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hopewish
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Posted: 09.02.09, 06:18 AM
why I can't play the video?
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Iconoclast
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Posted: 11.02.09, 07:23 PM
thanks for the powerpoint slides.
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Calorus
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Posted: 11.02.09, 11:23 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by spartacus
This video is sponsored by Chevron? Are you effing kidding me? Conflict of interest much!?
Chevron Sponsor all of Fora's energy/environment category videos.
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flash dave
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Posted: 11.04.09, 04:34 PM
if climate change is true, then 1.6 billion people having no access to electricity doesn't strike myself to be a problem, perplexing climate change would increase, one could consider the view that we should move to increase the exclusivity to these resources. perhaps prisons should be run with stones and iron. *2 cents*
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