Gas Prices Got You Down? Revving Up Innovations in Fuel Technology
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Location: Koshland Science Museum
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Cost: $15
Age Range: 13+
With fuel prices and concern over global warming heating up, what's being done to cool things off with more efficient fuels and engines? Join NPR Talk's Moira Gunn, who will moderate a discussion with leading policy and energy experts, for a thought-provoking look at current challenges and future opportunities in fuel innovation.
The Hon. Philip Sharp is president of Resources for the Future, an independent and non-partisan research institution and think tank focusing on policy analysis of energy, environmental, and natural resource issues. He served ten terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana and was a member of the National Research Council's Committee on the Effectiveness and Impact of the Corporate Average Fuel Energy (CAFE) Standards. Sharp is Congressional chair of the National Commission on Energy Policy.
Dr. David Greene is a corporate fellow at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Center for Transportation Analysis. Through extensive committee service to the National Academies, he has advised the nation on global oil markets, sustainability, transportation energy policy, and energy use.
Dr. Moira Gunn is host of NPR Talk's weekly radio shows, Tech Nation and BioTech Nation, which explore the impact of science and technology on public opinion and global policy. She is a member of the Dean's Science Advisory Council at Purdue University and the Advisory Board of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University.
Advance ticket purchase strongly suggested. For tickets, contact the Koshland Science Museum at 202-334-1201 or email ksm@nas.edu.
This program is presented in collaboration with the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation and the National Academies' Transportation Research Board.
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