June 1, 2006
Dear Readers,
We wish to bring to your attention the National Energy Symposium, the first in a series of six such events that will be featured throughout the U.S. and sponsored by leading academic institutions such as Caltech and University of Southern California with the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The Symposiums are also cosponsored by Congressional Quarterly and The Communications Institute, the project coordinator.
The first one-day event, on June 15, 2006, will take place on the campus of the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles. Tentative dates for other locations are mid-October for New York and early December for Washington, D.C. Events in other cities will be announced as they are known.
The issues that will be discussed comprise perhaps the most crucial problems facing humankind. We can no longer hope and wish that global warming is just a speculative theory.
It is now quite clear that many of the current world conflicts, and perhaps impending conflicts, have their roots in energy and its availability.
New Energy Times spoke with John E. Cox, Jr., President of The Communications Institute in Pasadena, Calif.
New Energy Times: What inspired you to develop this program?
John Cox: I was the chief of staff to a United States Congressman in the mid 1970s during the energy crisis. Policymakers and media simply didnt understand the crisis then and responded in totally inappropriate ways like trying to ration gasoline based on the distance of gas stations from center cities to blaming the shortage on an oil industry conspiracy. The challenges today are even more complex and cry for greater knowledge in economics and engineering to approach these issues rationally, intelligently. What we dont need is more partisanship! What we need is statesmanship and the unvarnished facts that can direct public and private decision-making, and that is what this program will provide.
New Energy Times: What are you hoping it will achieve?
John Cox: We want to provide, particularly to policymakers, media and private/public sector leaders, a better understanding of how our nation can best tackle the energy challenges we have now and in the future. This requires, in part, an understanding of the viability of the sources we now have and those that may be on the horizon for the future. What technologies offer the best possibility to improve the environment and are technologically and economically viable right now?
Steven B. Krivit
Editor, New Energy Times
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