AGI Critical Issues Forum: America's Increasing Reliance on Natural Gas: Benefits and Risks of a Methane Economy

I will be at AGI Critical Issues Forum: America's Increasing Reliance on Natural Gas: Benefits and Risks of a Methane Economy

November 19-20, 2014 Fort Worth Club, 306 W. 7th Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102

I am in a session on November 19

1:15-2:45 - Session 2: Forecasts of natural gas demand Kenneth Medlock, Rice University David Levinson, University of Minnesota Jesse Ausubel, Rockefeller University (Moderator)

Futures of Energy for Transportation

Abstract:

Vehicles powered by electricity or other non-oil-based energy sources will eventually become a mainstay of the American garage. As the market adjusts and early adopters experiment with new vehicles, each energy source, be it electricity, fuel cells, biofuels, natural gas, or something else, may come to temporarily dominate a market niche. But in the end, economies of scale suggest that one technology will win out for a long time. And so the battle for the automobile now looks much like it did at the beginning of the twentieth century.