Past Events
March 30, 2009
Richard Myers, Vice President for Policy Development, Nuclear Energy Institute, will present a seminar sponsored by the American Nuclear Society. (Myers' biography on NEI website.)
March 30, 2009
Peter Tertzakian, Chief Energy Economist, ARC Financial Corp., will present a seminar in the MIT Energy Initiative's Natural Gas Speaker Series. Abstract: An energy break point occurs when there is significant change in the way that a society consumes its energy or is supplied its energy. Over the course of history there have been numerous such break points-globally, nationally or regionally. A classic example of an energy break point in the 19th century was the transition from whale oil to crude oil as a fuel for lighting.
March 30, 2009
Jeffrey Hollingsworth, Research Scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center, Planetary Systems Branch, will present a seminar in the MIT Atmospheric Science Seminar Series. (Hollingsworth website.)
March 19, 2009
Jim Jensen, of Jensen and Associates, will present a seminar in the MIT Energy Initiative's Natural Gas Speaker Series. Abstract: This presentation will trace the history of LNG markets leading up to the present when growing LNG supply will encounter recession-induced declines in gas demand and somewhat unexpected unconventional gas surplus in North America. The immediate outlook is for sharp price competition in the period of 2009 to 2011, which will in turn shape the LNG supply/demand outlook for the years beyond 2011.
March 13, 2009
Robert H. Socolow of Princeton University will present the Ronald F. Probstein Lecture in Engineering Science. Abstract: The growing prosperity of our species and the smallness of our planet are in collision. Fresh thinking is required to understand our predicament and our options, to manage geoengineering, to rethink 'fairness' across countries, and to understand how our time on Earth relates to future time. Climate change provides good points of entry into this new domain. Every 'solution' carries its own risks. Uncertainties are large and are themselves uncertain. Yet we must act.
March 09, 2009
Speaker: Meghan Busse, Associate Professor of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Professor Busse will present a paper that investigates how gasoline prices affect equilibrium prices and market shares for cars of different fuel efficiencies in both the new and used car markets.