[CPEO-MEF] Defense Department forum on biofuels

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Energy:  A Conversation About Our National Addiction
An Inter Agency Learning Opportunity

Biofuels' Potential, Risks and Implications
National and Global Perspectives.

Dr. Michael Pacheco, National Renewal Energy Lab
Suzanne Hunt, Worldwatch Institute

Monday July 17th, 2006
6:00 to 8:30 pm
Doubletree Hotel, 300 Army Navy Dr, Crystal City, VA

The DoD Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics and 
the Office of Force Transformation are pleased to invite you to attend 
the fifth of a monthly series on "Energy: A Conversation About Our 
National Addiction."  This Conversation series explores the central role 
energy plays in achieving national and program goals.  More information 
about this series is available at our website: 
www.nps.edu/cebrowski/conversation.html.

Biomass derived from plants or animal waste is a renewable source of 
energy.  (See wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofuel 
).   Liquid biofuels for transportation such as biodiesel, methanol, or 
ethanol can be produced from biomass. Heat can be obtained by 
reprocessing organic waste.  There are disputes concerning the potential 
for biomass to replace petroleum and other fossil fuels as a sustainable 
source of energy and also about the environmental impacts of energy from 
biomass.  This Conversation aims to clarify the key issues sufficiently 
to enable policymakers and those who influence them to ask relevant 
questions about both short term and long term ramifications of our 
energy use decisions and options.

Why is the DoD hosting this series?  Just as the Defense Department 
played a critical role in forging the information revolution in past 
decades, so can the Department play a similar critical role in fueling 
the energy revolution in coming decades.   Why are you invited?  Because 
there are positive and negative outcomes of decisions you make dependent 
upon your understanding of energy.  We are all stakeholders in 
addressing the efficiency, conservation, secure sourcing, and cost 
reduction of energy.  It is complicated with no easy answers.  There are 
NO SILVER BULLETS.  Come learn with us.

Event details
* Transportation.  There is limited on street parking.  Hotel parking 
with validation costs $8. Metro Pentagon City on the blue line is just 
three blocks from the hotel.
* A light, buffet-style dinner will be available at the start of the 
seminar for $10.
* Space is limited so please RSVP by July 12

For more information and to register, please visit
http://www.nps.edu/cebrowski/conversation.html or send an email to 
energy@cna.org with the subject "Send Registration Link."  They'll reply 
with the link.

Please forward this invitation to others you think might be interested.

Future session dates:   Sept 18th, * Oct 16th * Nov 13th * Dec 11th

--
Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org

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