The third and final day of the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference, started out with U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, moved through topics like Mining in a Net-Zero World and Scaling up Geothermal in Alaska. The lunch hour was met with Tony Seba’s talk on disruptive phases for the world as we know it. Alternative fuels, dealing with carbon, nuclear’s role in a sustainable future, and powering Asia from Alaska’s LNG, rounded out the afternoon. Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy hosted the inaugural event and closed out the conference with these remarks: “One of the things I asked is that I hope you all walk away with at least one ah ha, one thing that you learned. We were the first in the country to start the export of the LNG industry from Alaska. Now technology has changed dramatically, radically. And I’m still working through the whole steak without a cow thing, (Tony Seba talk on disruptive phases) and really what that’s all about is that there’s one constant in this world, and that’s change. America has been the leader for quite some time in great ideas, Nobel Prize winners in science, because we’re able to think and create in an environment like this. In the last couple of days I’m hopeful that incredible ideas have been generated. Like a lot of you from Alaska, I love this state, I can’t think of a state I’d rather be in. We’ve got some problems to overcome, but they’re actually surmountable. And with the increased technology and understanding and the need that some folks have from Adak to further west, to Barrow to down to Ketchikan, I think we can come up with an energy approach that provides sustainable low-cost energy, takes care of the environment, and, for me, most importantly, provides a place for kids and grandkids to live.”
Onto planning next year’s Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference.
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