{"129631":{"#nid":"129631","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Hydrogen Cars, Ethanol, Wind Farms and other Silly Ideas","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStephen Fleming, Vice President of the\u0026nbsp;Enterprise Innovation Institute at Georgia Tech, will give this talk on \u0022hydrogen cars, ethanol, wind farms and other silly ideas.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStephen\u0027s talk was originally inspired by an\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/autos\/content\/may2006\/bw20060505_260847.htm\u0022\u003Ead that BMW ran in 2006\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;promising a hydrogen engine that \u201cproduces near zero emissions. Which means the exhaust produces water vapor, not carbon dioxide. So it reduces pollution and greenhouse gases and lessens our dependence on imported oil.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis struck him as silly, and he decided that he wanted to explain why.\u0026nbsp;As it turned out, it was not the only silly idea bouncing around out there,\u0026nbsp;most of them referenced in a\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EScientific American\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=a-path-to-sustainable-energy-by-2030\u0022\u003Ecover article\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;from September 2011, \u201cHow to Get All Energy from Wind, Water, and Solar Power by 2030.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlease join us to hear Stephen explore what he sees as a\u0026nbsp;deeply flawed (and dangerous) vision for sustainability, one which, although attractive to some environmentalists, simply won\u0027t work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/AtlantaScienceTavern\/events\/64215252\/\u0022\u003ERSVP for this event on Meetup.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;More information on parking, seating and checkin available at the Meetup link.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EStephen Fleming is Vice President of the Enterprise Innovation Institute at Georgia Tech, responsible for economic development and entrepreneurial support. He\u2019s a Georgia Tech graduate who was a Bell Labs physicist, a telecommunications executive, and successful venture capitalist before returning to Georgia Tech in 2005. You read more about Stephen has to say on this and other matters on his blog\u0026nbsp;Academic VC\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStephen Fleming explores what he sees as a\u0026nbsp;deeply flawed vision for sustainability.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Stephen Fleming explores what he sees as a deeply flawed vision for sustainability."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2012-05-10 10:53:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:58:53","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-06-13T20:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-06-13T21:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-06-13T21:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-06-14 00:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-06-14 01:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-06-14 01:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/","title":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/AtlantaScienceTavern\/events\/64215252\/","title":"RSVP on Meetup"}],"groups":[{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3671","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"id":"2755","name":"ethanol"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"167668","name":"Stephen Fleming"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}