We now have the Florida Tech Sustainability Conference website online at http://411.fit.edu/sustainability/index.php.
This will be a good venue to show electric cars; the Detroit Auto Show has many on display. http://411.fit.edu/sustainability/schedule.php has the conference schedule, with the Renewable Energy session on March 4, 2009. 2:00pm - 5:15pm RENEWABLE (SUSTAINABLE) ENERGY Introduction & Directive Comments - Frank Leslie (25) Frank Leslie (Adjunct Prof, Dept of Marine & Environmental Systems, Florida Tech) Florida's Approach to 20% Renewable Energy Transition (26) Frank Jackalone (Senior Field Rep in FL, Sierra Club, Tampa, FL) Energy Solutions (27) Lawrence Maxwell (VP, Florida American Institute of Architects (AIA), Tallahassee, FL) Building Efficiency and Sustainable Design (28) Bill Young (Senior Research Engineer, Florida Solar Energy Center, Cocoa, FL) Emergency Power for Critical Home Items (29) Fran Sullivan-Fahs (Prius PHEV Owner, Florida Electric Auto Assn, Tallahassee, FL) Third Party Conversion to Production Vehicles/Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles (30) Charles Whalen (Publicity Director, Florida Electric Auto Assn, Tallahassee, FL) invited Electric Cars Used In Florida (31) George Maul (Dept Head, Department of Marine & Environmental Systems, Florida Tech) The "Green Ship" - Conservation at Sea The speakers are/will be listed at http://411.fit.edu/sustainability/speakers.php, info still coming in. Comments: It looks like PHEVs and BEVs will be a centerpiece of the Obama Administration. T. Boone Pickens is meeting with President-Elect Obama again to push for compressed natural gas for 18-wheeler tractors saying that carrying batteries for truck loads on board is too heavy to be economical. The gas would be displaced from utilities by new wind energy. Comments? Frank Leslie _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list [email protected] http://www.floridaeaa.org
