Hydrogen Cars, Ethanol, Wind Farms, and other Silly Ideas

Our Open Seating Policy (https://www.meetup.com/AtlantaScienceTavern/messages/boards/thread/14871501) will be in effect for this meetup.

Venue capacity = 40 / Estimated day-of RSVP turnout = 50%

Attendees will receive an on-line form to pre-order dinner items.

An encore presentation (https://www.meetup.com/AtlantaScienceTavern/events/68283962/) of this meetup has been scheduled for Saturday, July 14.

Hydrogen Cars, Ethanol, Wind Farms, and other Silly Ideas

Stephen Fleming, Vice President
Enterprise Innovation Institute at Georgia Tech

http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/e/1/d/4/event_118257812.jpegStephen's talk was originally inspired by an ad that BMW ran in 2006 (http://www.businessweek.com/autos/content/may2006/bw20060505_260847.htm) promising a hydrogen engine that “produces 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.”

This struck him as silly, and he decided that he wanted to explain why. As it turned out, it was not the only silly idea bouncing around out there, most of them referenced in a Scientific American cover article (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-path-to-sustainable-energy-by-2030) from September 2011, “How to Get All Energy from Wind, Water, and Solar Power by 2030.”

Please join us to hear Stephen explore what he sees as a deeply flawed (and dangerous) vision for sustainability, one which, although attractive to some environmentalists, simply won't work.

Stephen Fleming is Vice President of the Enterprise Innovation Institute at Georgia Tech, responsible for economic development and entrepreneurial support. He’s 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 Academic VC (http://academicvc.com/).

Parking and Such

Java Vino is located diagonally across the street from Manuel's Tavern. There is parking behind the building and on Williams Mill Road across the street. Manuel's reserves the use of their lots at all times, but parking there hasn't presented a problem for our guests so far.

Enter the cafe on the street level and let them know that your order will count toward our collective tab. They will give you drinks to take upstairs to the Wine Lounge and your food will follow.