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Emmet Penney: "Industrial Conservation and the Energy Transition"

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This event took place on March 16, 2023 from 5:30 - 7 p.m. in Kittredge Central Conference Room N114D. In person and livestreamed.

About the Lecture

We are told that we must transition to a renewable energy economy that runs on wind and solar if we mean to stave off the end of the world and perhaps even human extinction. Climate science aside, where did this vision for the future come from? Is it realistic? What would its fulfillment mean for the infrastructure upon which daily life depends? This lecture will put the "energy transition" into some historical context, walk through what it means for society, and look to the American canon for how we ought to proceed. 

About the Speaker 

Emmet Penney is the editor-in-chief of Grid Brief, a contributing editor at Compact Magazine, and the host of the Nuclear Barbarians podcast. His work has appeared in The Spectator, Americans Affairs, and The American Conservative.

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