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American transportation burns up two-thirds of the oil we use and gives off nearly one-third of our total carbon emissions. With our vehicles’ contribution to oil dependence and climate change now under scrutiny, GASP presents…
Fueling the Future
Isaac Porche III - Research Scientist, The RAND Corporation
Dr. Isaac Porche, whose diverse projects at RAND include automotive technology and military communication networking, will review recent RAND studies into hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles, and hydrogen power. He will anticipate the coming showdown for supremacy among hybrid-electrics, plug-ins, hydrogen fuel cells, diesel power, other alternative fuels, and other solutions. He will also present for discussion competing transportation solutions aimed at anticipating and satisfying consumer demand.
Biodiesel Factories: Right Here, Right Now
Bob Banerjee - Marketing Manager, Capital Technologies International
One of Pittsburgh’s newest energy technology firms will soon deliver a substitute for diesel fuel from a cutting-edge plant on Neville Island. This synthetic diesel fuel doesn’t pollute lungs, air, ground, or water. Capital Technologies International has co-developed production technology to be faster, less expensive, and safer in delivering a truly renewable fuel that uses vegetable oils or animal fats as its source. Pennsylvania’s first commercial producer of clean burning biodiesel fuel promises to earn its stripes as the Biodiesel Factory of the Future.
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Honorary Committee
Fred Brown, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Transportation Equity Project
Stephen Donahue, Co-Founder, Save Our Transit
Ann S. Francis, Allegheny County Board of Health
Brenda Frazier, Allegheny County Council Member, District #13
David Ginns, Transportation Specialist, Sustainable Pittsburgh
Deborah Lange, Executive Director, Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research
Dwight Mayo, President, Transportation Solutions, Inc.
Jose Ernesto Mieres, Listserv Moderator, Pennsylvania Biodiesel Initiative
Wendy Ruano, Program Director, Earth Force
Paul Skoutelas, Senior Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff
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Event Sponsor
Maurice Falk Fund, http://www.falkfund.org
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Tickets
$35 Individual
One ticket at our basic price level.
$100 Tickets for Two
Two tickets and one copy of Worldwatch Institute’s Mainstreaming Renewable Energy in the 21st Century.
$250 GASP Friend
Up to four tickets and two copies of Worldwatch Institute’s Mainstreaming Renewable Energy in the 21st Century, and your name printed as a GASP Friend in event literature.
$500 GASP Patron
Up to eight tickets and four copies of Worldwatch Institute’s Mainstreaming Renewable Energy in the 21st Century, and your name printed as a GASP Patron in event literature.
For reservations, call GASP at (412) 325-7382. Visa, Mastercard, American Express accepted.
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