BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Limba - ECPv6.16.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://limba.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Limba REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20100314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20101107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20110313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20111106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20120311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20121104T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110708T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110708T000000 DTSTAMP:20110708T040000Z CREATED:20110708T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110708T040000Z UID:4468-1310083200-1310083200@limba.net SUMMARY:Robert Catell\, Chairman- Adanced Energy Center\, DESCRIPTION:This morning our speaker was Bob Catell\, Chairman of the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center at SUNY Stony Brook. Stony Brook’s Vice President of Economic Development Dr Yacov Shamash was there to introduce the speaker. \n  \nMr. Catell began by giving a little background on the needs the center will be addressing in terms of energy generation and making the distribution grid more responsive and efficient. "If Thomas Edison could come back today he would not only recognize it\, he would be able to fix it" according to Catell. This does not mean that the system is in bad shape\, it means it hasn’t fundamentally changed. \n  \nNatural gas is an area of Bob’s expertise and he gave us a briefing on how we have discovered that there is a lot more gas that can be mined than we previously thought. He discussed the controversy of the mining process known as Hydro-fracking or fracking. The process has the potential for harm if not properly executed\, but by putting watershed areas off limits the process can be safe. The Marcelles Shale has the estimated potential of sixty years of production to meet the needs of the country (15 trillion cubic meters)\, and the fact is we do not know the true potential. It could be considerably more. \n  \nThe AERTC is working on various methods of electric energy production as well as strategies that will vastly increase efficiency. These efforts are actually the collective efforts of many entrepreneurs and inventors working in an environment that "incubates" ideas and grows companies that will hopefully someday prosper.. Inventors and innovators are often inspired by each others success and basic understanding of one technology can lead to insight in another. \n  \nThe Advanced Energy Center and CEWIT are working on grid schemes that will redirect\, curtail and do what is needed to avoid a general black-out. At present cascading power failures are possible and we don’t know what the system is doing at any given time. If the grid could self diagnose\, redirect power\, and lop off troubled areas without human intervention\, major failures would be a thing of the past. \n  \nIn addition a robust\, fully integrated\, and efficient system would be able to accommodate all the various power sources that are being developed. Among those advancing technologies is wind generation\, which increased\, in the past year by 50% \n  \nSolar power converts about 16% of the sun hitting it. Technologies that are presently being developed could go to 50%. That would be a remarkable increase and the implication is lower cost and smaller collection areas. \n  \nAll kinds of generation must be embraced according to Catell. River flow generators\, wind\, solar tidal flow are all going to be employed in the places the make sense.  "There is no magic bullet" as Catell put it. \n  \nStill with all of the innovations the best potential lies with efficiency\, and all of this would help on issues such as air pollution\, oil imports\, costs\, and of course jobs\, jobs\, jobs. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/robert-catell-chairman-adanced-energy-center/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110715T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110715T000000 DTSTAMP:20110715T040000Z CREATED:20110715T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110715T040000Z UID:4467-1310688000-1310688000@limba.net SUMMARY:Therea Rizzuto -Islip MacArthur - New role Metro N Y DESCRIPTION:Teresa Rizzuto is the Commissioner of our local airport\, Long Island MacArthur Airport. She spoke to us this morning. This airport has been a valued asset to the region for a long time. It is an economic engine that provides 6\,000 direct and indirect jobs. In the entire state the aviation industry contributes $50 billion dollars to the New York economy and employs 400\,000 people. In other words\, this is a serious industry\, and our airport is relatively small. \n  \nLong Island MacArthur Airport serves scheduled commercial and general aviation (private planes). It is the only airport with that dual purpose and that makes the facility that much more valuable. \n  \nThe airport is in a position today where it is actually handling less commercial traffic than it did a few years going from 2.6 million passengers to 1.7 million today. We believe that part of the problem is that LIMA has not been listed as a New York Airport. That has changed or it is about to change. Of the airports that serve the metropolitan region about 3 million people would be better served by using LIMA. If you measure the elements of flying\, which include the proximity to the airport\, ease of travel and parking when you get there\, LIMA is a better choice for Long Islanders. \n  \nWhat we need are more airlines servicing the airport and therefore more flights. It’s a chicken and the egg situation. If you campaign to bring more passengers the loading gates there had better be planes to accommodate them. The airlines are reluctant to establish routes to the airport because currently the traffic looks like it isn’t there. We believe that the traffic would be there if the planes were there. After all\, the traffic was considerably higher in the past. Where did those passengers go? Well they went to JFK\, LaGuardia and Newark. I have flown out of all of those airports at one time or another as well as LIMA\, and believe me LIMA is better. \n  \nYears ago we had the same problem\, and the town at that time was losing money on the airport and was considering closing it. Our organization\, LIMBA\, created an awareness program called "Use It or Lose It" It worked. \n  \nThe Port of New York Authority owns the airports to the west. The Town of Islip owns LIMA. The PA is not sympathetic to the needs of Long Island. It appears that they would rather corral the air travel to the airports they own. That’s good for them but bad for traveling public on Long Island. \n  \nMs. Rizzuto spoke about marshaling the forces of the business community to create a new awareness program. At the same time we must convince the present carriers that we can increase the business and perhaps get other carriers to commit to flying out of our hometown airport. \n  \nSo far we are not thinking that LIMA will be a full fledged international airport\, but international flights through Toronto Canada would be feasible because Toronto already clears international traffic heading to the US \n  \nJet Blue is considering expansion of their system to Providence RI or\, alternately Long Island. If we can’t convince them that Long Island is a more viable choice\, we’re not very good salesmen. I don’t believe we are afraid of losing the LIMA facility but we could\, and it is in our best interest to retain a robust airport that makes it attractive to locate businesses nearby. \n  \nErnie Fazio URL:https://limba.net/calendar/therea-rizzuto-islip-macarthur-new-role-metro-n-y/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110722T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110722T000000 DTSTAMP:20110722T040000Z CREATED:20110722T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110722T040000Z UID:4459-1311292800-1311292800@limba.net SUMMARY:Speaker Angie Carpenter DESCRIPTION:Our speaker Friday morning\, Angie Carpenter\, is a person that is very well known to most of us. Ms. Carpenter presently serves as the Suffolk County Treasurer\, but she has also served as a county legislator. \n  \nShe began as an independent business owner who frequently spoke up when local issues were being discussed. As a result friends told her she should run for office\, a notion she dismissed out of hand\, at least at first. Events of the day have a way of dictating your next move. When Rick Lazio ran against Tom Downey he was given the smallest of chances of winning\, but he did\, and that left Rick Lazio’s seat in the Suffolk County Legislature vacant. Angie decided this was her time and won that position. \n  \nAs a legislator Angie took the job serious and served on many committees. The time commitment caused her to close her business and devote all of her work to the county. She discussed the need for and the dedication of municipal workers. According to Carpenter they are for the most part dedicated and hard working\, with the exceptions that you’ll find in any business\, private or public. \n  \nBecause of her serious involvement in many issues that were dealt with by the legislators Carpenter feels she has a good understanding of the needs of the county. She expressed a confidence in her ability to serve as County Executive and then fielded questions. \n  \nIn the audience was Bob McMillan\, Former Chairman of the Panama Canal Commission and candidate for US Senate. He will be making a presentation on immigration in the near future. He is in the closing picture today. \n  \nErnie Fazio URL:https://limba.net/calendar/speaker-angie-carpenter/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110729T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110729T000000 DTSTAMP:20110729T040000Z CREATED:20110729T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110729T040000Z UID:4469-1311897600-1311897600@limba.net SUMMARY:Proffessor Karl Grossman -Nuclear Power-Is it Safe? DESCRIPTION:Karl Grossman – July 29\, 2011\n \n  \nProfessor of Journalism\, SUNY/College at Old Westbury \n  \nThis morning Mr. Karl Grossman addressed LIMBA about nuclear power and his experience as an investigative reporter. His knowledge of the topic is encylopedic and his passion for the topic is deep and genuine. Mr. Grossman’s bio is available on wikipedia. \n  \nMr. Grossman began by describing his early years as a reporter on Long Island. He was instrumental in keeping a four lane highway from being built on Fire Island\, despite the plans by the powerful community planner Robert Moses. Mr Grossman related that in those early years as a reporter\, he learned to answer the all important question – "how do things really work?" For instance\, the claims made by Moses that the highway was required to shore up beach land could be proven to be untrue. Eventually the highway project was scrapped by getting the area classified as "National Seashore". Grossman remembers that Paul Townsend (founder of LIMBA) was also instrumental in this effort. \n  \nMr Grossman then related a quote from Adam Rickover\, considered the father of naval reactors. According to Mr Grossman\, Rickover made statements in his retirement address that nuclear power was a mistake\, and should be banned to save future generations. Grossman then relayed a history of nuclear power\, and how it was born from the famous group of WWII ‘Manhattan Project’ scientists working to beat Germany in the race to harness a nuclear bomb. According to Grossman\, the years after World War II saw a concerted effort by the US Government to use nuclear power in civilian settings such as nuclear power plants. Brookhaven National Labs was founded in order to advance this particular purpose. As nuclear power gained momentum\, many US universities received funding as well. Of course big businesses such as Westinghouse and GE became the world leader in supplying the nuclear plants. Mr. Grossman contends this created a generation of business people\, scientists and academics who are champions of nuclear power because it is their main source of income. \n  \nGrossman related how a nuclear power plant works: it creates nuclear waste which\, in some cases\, must be isolated from any other life forms for a million years. He also pointed out that there is always some trace radation leakage (some is even allowed by Federal agencies)\, and that current research indicates all exposure to radiation\, even traces\, is harmful. \n  \nGrossman then spoke specificially about Long Island’s involvement in the history of Nuclear Power. According to Grossman\, power plants to be built within New York City were deemed unsafe and therefore were plans were relocated to Long Island. Lilco needed the cash infusion and was eager to build the plants. The never opened Shoreham plant was only to be the first of many on Long Island. Mr. Grossman contends that Long Island could have been the site of a Fukushima type disaster if these multiple plants had been built. Grossman also spoke about the Fukushima disaster – specifically he contends that press and government are not forthcoming in exposing the health problems that this disaster will bring. \n  \nMr. Grossman then spoke about many types of renewable energy: solar\, geothermal and wind. Mr. Grossman quoted a number of sources\, including the UN\, that indicate that 100% of the world’s energy needs can be supplied with renewable power. According to Mr Grossman\, the need for nuclear power is obsolete. Grossman related that he has had an energy audit created in his residence by Jay Best of Green Audit USA and now has enough solar power in his own home so that he will not pay anything for electric bills this year and may even have a small credit. \n  \nMr. Grossman concluded by echoing Admiral Rickover’s call to ban nuclear power\, and reminded us of his initial motivation: to learn "how do things really work". \n  \nAs always there were a number of questions from LIMBA members. Mr. Grossman relayed that in other countries\, a ‘green party’ has helped force change through the democratic process. He is dismayed that this process does seem to be possible here in the US. He also answered a question relating to other\, innovative sources of renewable energy such as photovoltaic being developed at the National Renewable Lab. \n  \nLIMBA was very pleased to such a knowledgeable and experienced speaker address us this morning. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/proffessor-karl-grossman-nuclear-power-is-it-safe/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR