BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Tendenci - The Open Source AMS for Associations//Tendenci Codeba se MIMEDIR//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:--- This iCal file does *NOT* confirm registration.\r\nEvent d etails subject to change. ---\r\nhttps://www.spegcs.org/events/5896/\r\n\r \nEvent Title: WEBINAR: The Tipping Point: the Future of Clean, Cheap, Exp ortable Energy - presented by Congressman Dan Crenshaw\r\nStart Date / Ti me: Oct 08, 2020 12:00 PM US/Central\r\nLocation: At Your Computer\r\nSpea ker: U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw, 2nd Texas Congressional District\r\ nABSTRACT of Presentation\r\nTHIS REGULAR GENERAL MEETING LUNCHEON EVENT W ILL BE HELD IN PERSON AND ALSO VIA WEBINAR. TO REGISTER FOR THE IN-PERSON MEETING, PLEASE RETURN TO THE EVENTS PAGE FOR THE IN-PERSON LINK\r\nU.S. R epresentative Dan Crenshaw of Texas's 2nd Congressional District will be s peaking about important issues affecting Houston's Energy industry.\r\nGlo bal Energy demand is expected to rise by 25-30% over the next two decades, and Houston, as the energy capital of the world, is well poised to meet t hat demand. However, calls to dismantle the fossil fuel industry ignore th e innovation that the petrochemical complex continues to drive, providing low-cost energy and materials to the whole world. We&rsquo\;re at a tippin g point &ndash\;as both Wall St and Capitol Hill stand downstream of a cul ture that has gotten more antagonistic towards the American energy industr y.\r\n The choice between clean energy and fossil fuels is not a binary on e. Following the successes of the fracking revolution, innovation in the o il and gas industry can continue to provide cheap and clean energy to the United States and the rest of the world &ndash\; reducing our emissions fu rther than models based on heavy-handed regulations ever predicted. Clean , cheap, American energy hinges on our scientists, our engineers, and inst itutions finding solutions to more efficient exploration, production, and transportation of hydrocarbons, as well as carbon capture, utilization, an d storage.\r\nIf America doesn&rsquo\;t act, the same growing global deman d will be filled by foreign competitors, like Russia with their lackluster standards across their whole energy industry. Even worse, if the current anti-fossil fuel ideology continues, vulnerable communities in America and abroad could see price hikes in goods, fuel, and power that will hamper p rosperity and development. This is why American energy independence and in novation is needed more than ever before.\r\n \r\n \r\n --- This iCal file does *NOT* confirm registration.Event details subject to change. ---\r\n\ r\n--- By Tendenci - The Open Source AMS for Associations ---\r\n UID:uid5896@spegcs.org SUMMARY:WEBINAR: The Tipping Point: the Future of Clean, Cheap, Exportable Energy - presented by Congressman Dan Crenshaw DTSTART:20201008T170000Z DTEND:20201008T180000Z CLASS:PUBLIC PRIORITY:5 DTSTAMP:20240329T104226Z TRANSP:OPAQUE SEQUENCE:0 LOCATION:At Your Computer X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw of Texas's 2nd Congressional District will be speaking about important is sues affecting Houston's Energy industry.
Global Energy demand is e xpected to rise by 25-30% over the next two decades, and Houston, as the e nergy capital of the world, is well poised to meet that demand. However, c alls to dismantle the fossil fuel industry ignore the innovation that the petrochemical complex continues to drive, providing low-cost energy and ma terials to the whole world. We&rsquo\;re at a tipping point &ndash\;as bot h Wall St and Capitol Hill stand downstream of a culture that has gotten m ore antagonistic towards the American energy industry.
 \;The c hoice between clean energy and fossil fuels is not a binary one. Following the successes of the fracking revolution, innovation in the oil and gas i ndustry can continue to provide cheap and clean energy to the United State s and the rest of the world &ndash\; reducing our emissions further than m odels based on heavy-handed regulations ever predicted. \; Clean, chea p, American energy hinges on our scientists, our engineers, and institutio ns finding solutions to more efficient exploration, production, and transp ortation of hydrocarbons, as well as carbon capture, utilization, and stor age.
If America doesn&rsquo\;t act, the same growing global demand will be filled by foreign competitors, like Russia with their lackluster s tandards across their whole energy industry. Even worse, if the current an ti-fossil fuel ideology continues, vulnerable communities in America and a broad could see price hikes in goods, fuel, and power that will hamper pro sperity and development. This is why American energy independence and inno vation is needed more than ever before.
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