Vail Global Energy Forum Comes to Beaver Creek

February 7, 2012 By Kristen Belschner Leave a Comment Governor John Hickenlooper will deliver the keynote remarks at the inaugural Vail Global Energy Forum (VGEF), held March 3-4, 2012 in Beaver Creek, Colorado.

The Vail Valley Foundation, in conjunction with Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy (PIE) and Precourt Energy Efficiency Center (PEEC), are hosting the event to address the world’s energy challenges and solutions.

“The VGEF is dedicated to the search for sustainable solutions to one of the most pressing issues of our times – how to produce enough clean, cost-efficient energy from reliable sources to power our global economy while we bridge the transition to breakthrough renewable energy solutions of the future,” said Vail resident, Jay Precourt, who endowed PIE at Stanford University.

(This is going to be a meeting of radical leftist BS artists!)

The VGEF will examine the combined challenges of energy supply, energy security and the impacts of energy use that will shape the energy transitions underway now and in the decades to come.

Confirmed Speakers:

■Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, Keynote Speaker ■George P. Shultz, former U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of Labor and now Distinguished Fellow of Stanford’s Hoover Institution ■U.S. Senator Mark Udall of Colorado, Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources ■Jeffrey Ball Scholar-in-Residence, Stanford; Former Environment Editor, WSJ ■Tom Petrie, Vice Chairman of Bank of America ■Dr. Ernest Moniz, Director of the Energy Initiative at MIT ■Dr. Burton Richter, Nobel Laureate in Physics, Senior Fellow at Stanford ■Dr. Nathan Lewis, Director, Lewis Research Group at Caltech As an attendee, you’ll:

■Discover 10 ways that you can decrease the energy consumption in your home and office and lower your monthly bills ■Gain tools to become an activist and implement energy saving solutions in your neighborhood and city ■Become a game changer: Contribute to how our society will move from fossil fuels to more renewable energy sources in the future. If You Go…

What: Inaugural Vail Global Energy Forum, presented by Vail Valley Foundation, Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy and Precourt Energy Efficiency Center Where: Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek, CO When: March 3-4, 2012 Why: To examine the combined challenges of energy supply, energy security and the impacts of energy use that will shape the energy transitions underway now and in the decades to come.

The event is open to the public. Tickets are $100 for general admission and $175 for a “Signature Package,” which includes reserved seating, pre and post event receptions on Saturday, as well as continental breakfast on Sunday. Vail Global Energy Forum tickets are available by phone at (888) 920-ARTS(2787), in person or online 24 hours a day at www.vilarpac.org

"...As an attendee, you’ll:

■Discover 10 ways that you can decrease the energy consumption in your home and office and lower your monthly bills.

■Gain tools to become an activist and implement energy saving solutions in your neighborhood and city.

■Become a game changer: Contribute to how our society will move from fossil fuels to more renewable energy sources in the future..."

Okay! Vail is well above a mile high, subject to travel delays, and not near anything that is cheap to heat.

So here is the plan: calculate what the “Carbon Footprint” will be for each attendee, convert that figure into USD, and send the money to me here in West Texas.

I promise to rub all of the money on a nearby nearby pump jack, before I send it to Washington DC to help lower the 40 cent a gallon Federal tax on Gasoline and Diesel. Gotta do my fair share!

Let’s see now:

1.) Discover 10 ways that you can decrease the energy consumption in your home and office and lower your monthly bills.

2.) Gain tools to become an activist and implement energy saving solutions in your neighborhood and city.

3.) Become a game changer: Contribute to how our society will move from fossil fuels to more renewable energy sources in the future...”

Yep! I completed all of the things an attendee would complete.

BTW, did you know that the fattest cattle are the ones that rub up against working pump jacks?

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