The realization of dwindling fossil fuel supplies and their adverse environmental impacts has accelerated research and development activities in the domain of renewable energy sources and technologies.
Global energy demand is expected to rise during the next few decades, and the majority of today’s energy is based on fossil fuels. Alternative energy sources and technologies can play a vital role in lowering or eliminating our reliance on fossil fuels. However, such a transition will require a large investment and will not be reversible.
The benefits of hydrogen and other liquid fuels as transportation fuels are not marginal, but the real urgency in greenhouse gas reductions and fossil fuel replacement should not be translated into an energy infrastructure based on unsustainable sources in the long run. It is wise to examine each option thoroughly and objectively now and discard those with little potential so our focus and effort may be placed elsewhere.
Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: 1457 London Road, Sarnia, Ontario, N7S 6K4
Room: N105
Cost: Free
AGENDA
3:30PM
Introduction to Sustainability and IEEE
Maike Luiken, PhD, Chair, IEEE London Section,
Dean, School of Technology, Applied Science and Apprenticeship
and School of Fire Sciences, Lambton College
3:40PM
Keynote Speaker: Shahram Karimi
Cofounder, Platinux Corporation
Coordinator and Professor,
Alternative Energy Engineering Technology Program,
Lambton College
4:30PM
Questions and Answers and General Discussion
For more information, contact:
Cindy Buchanan
Director, Marketing, Business Development & Innovation
Lambton College
Telephone: (519) 542-7751 ext. 3334 Fax: (519) 541-2446
email: cindy.buchanan@lambton.on.ca