ZPEnergy.com - Future Energy eNews-IRI/ June 24, 2008

Thomas Valone, PhD, PE, Editor

1) Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Opens - Using waste cellulose for ethanol is a green energy solution.

2) Energy Globe Award 2008 - Most important environmental energy award worldwide - multiple awards

3) New Flying Saucer Runs on Plasma - Wingless EM air vehicle from the U of Florida

4) Blacklight Power Announces a New Energy Source - 50 kW commercial energy from an unusual hydrogen chemical process may be an overstated claim and is being hotly debated among the energy community

5) Uncle Sam Needs to Solve the Energy Crisis - We need a power surge from the US government

6) Plug-In Hybrid Catches Fire - Don't worry, the bugs will get worked out says MIT Technology Review

7) Bring on the Solar Revolution - Interview with the German wizard who launched the Renewable Energy Sources act which ensured that independent people generating excess electricity provide 15% of Germany's energy

8) 14th Annual Condensed Matter Nuclear Science - This year's cold fusion conference to be held in DC

9) World Future Society Conference - Washington DC hosts the event with Valone as future energy speaker

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9) World Future Society Conference to be Held in Washington DC July 26-28, 2008

World Future Society Press Release, June, 2008, http://www.wfs.org/2008mtaschedule.htm

Conference Theme: Seeing the Future Through New Eyes

Dear Colleagues:

I will never forget attending my first World Future Society annual conference. It was the summer of 1996 in Washington, D.C. The opening keynote speaker was former Colorado governor Dick Lamm, who was rumored to be considering a run for the presidency of the United States. Lamm was as prescient as ever, having nailed the aging and health crisis that was already on the horizon and would soon be the challenge of public policy wonks for years to come.

It was heady times, and what I remember most was the sheer excitement of seeing hundreds of people from all over the world engaged in serious debates about the future. The Hilton bustled with scientists, economists, historians, philosophers, business people, academics, teachers, ordinary people debating and presenting new ideas about the social, political, economic, and technological trends and events for the next hundred years.

I was like a child in a candy store. I attended sessions from morning until late at night before catching the last train out of D.C. to carry me back to the home of a friend who lived in Maryland. By the time I left D.C.—having been a guest of the Professional Members' Forum—I knew my life had been changed and that there was no way I would ever miss another meeting of the World Future Society.

I had seen the future through a new set of lenses.

So why am I writing this letter? Because as chair of the 2008 meeting, I encourage you to join hundreds of others who will gather in D.C. to explore the future through new eyes.

Futurists are loath to make predictions but I am going to go out on a limb to make one exception. If you attend WorldFuture 2008: Seeing the Future Through New Eyes, July 26-28, 2008, in Washington, D.C., you will not regret it!

Looking forward to seeing you this summer.

Nat Irvin, II
Nat Irvin, II
Conference Chair

WFS Registration: https://www.wfs.org/2008regform.htm

Download a PDF file of the preliminary program
WorldFuture 2008:Seeing the Future Through New Eyes

July 26-28, 2008 • Hilton Washington • Washington, D.C.
Preconference Courses: July 25
Professional Members' Forum: July 29, 2008

Provided as a public service by www.IntegrityResearchInstitute.org where you can still request a FREE copy of the 1/2 hour presentation by Dr. Valone on "Progress in Future Energy" and buy other energy-related publications not available anywhere else!