Climate Science and Energy Engineering Dinner

EVENT - Climate Science and Energy Engineering Dinner  (login through Eventbrite required) 

Takes Place:  Monday, July 13,  7 PM - 9 PM

Overview

Discuss climate science and energy engineering over a pleasant meal at a restaurant that does separate checks.

Monthly Dinner Website with much more detail about this event.

On the second Monday of the month at 7:00pm we will be hosting our monthly Climate Science and Energy Engineering Dinner, which will usually occur on the 2nd Monday of every month.

The event will be at the Skylight Diner, by 9th Ave & 34th St in Manhattan, within easy reach of the A/C/E & 7 subways, and one block from Penn / Moynihan station. The diner has a large menu with affordable prices, generous portions, and is willing to do separate checks for a large group, with everybody using their own credit card.

The topics of conversation will be

Climate Science: you have to be able to debate climate science in order to reach out to conservatives, and also, even if you don't talk with conservatives, there is a lot of controversy over just how bad things will get, and how fast.

Energy Engineering: We have to decarbonize the economy, but there are many unresolved / controversial issues to discuss -- which zero carbon sources of energy are preferable, how to decarbonize transportation, particularly aviation. To get public cooperation, we have to figure out a path to decarbonize that won't involve too much negative impact on per capita GDP, or too much disruption to our way of life.

Optional Reading (there will be a 30-60 minute presentation on this at the event, where it will be assumed that most people didn't do the reading):

Topic This Month: "The Pause" in Satellite Temperature Data

Around 2010, the Earth's warming as measured by satellite data seemed to have stopped. Climate skeptics had a field day talking about "the pause" in warming.