The AAAS-Hitachi "Science & Society" lecture was held in Washington, DC on Oct. 14 and the speaker was good ole Ernie Moniz - the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems, Director of the Energy Initiative, and Director of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has served on the faculty since 1973. Professor Moniz served as Under Secretary of the Department of Energy from 1997 until January 2001 and, from 1995-97, as Associate Director for Science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President.
The title of the talk was - "Energy Technology for a Low Carbon Future". He used a cool term "technology optimism" meaning we got the science to take care of the problems... but he added, we need to back it up with the appropriate public policy. He said he doesn't advocate any particular energy source as long as it is low on the carbon emission...
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