Thursday, September 4, 2014, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)
For the first meeting of September, we will start a new theme, Energy and the Environment. For at least one of the meetings, we will cover the topic suggested by Bill, the pros and cons of fracking for natural gas and oil. But the first meeting is open for general discussion of the theme. Please come with suggestions on what other energy and environment topics we should cover.
While climate change may not affect us directly, it will be the legacy we leave the next generation. We talked about it last June. Here is TED Talk by John Doerr, a venture capitalist who invested heavily in greentech for the sake of his daughter's future.
My sense is that much of the resistance to action addressing climate change is unhappiness with increased government regulation. If that is so, it would be beneficial to think about those actions of government which would most directly add to the bottom line of existing, and yet to be created private businesses.while effectively reducing CO2.
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