The Great Debate: Should biofuels and the renewables be critical components of U.S. energy policy

College of Communication » The Great Debate

Wednesday, April 2, 2008 | 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave.)

Should biofuels and the renewables be
critical components of U.S. energy policy?

Watch a webcast of the debate here.

Debate Participants

Affirmative:

R. Brooke Coleman
President, New Fuels Alliance
Founder, REAP Coalition

Sean O’Hanlon, MCBE
Executive Director
American Biofuels Council

Neil St. Clair, '08
College of Communication, College of Arts and Sciences

Negative:

Robert Bryce
Managing editor, Energy Tribune magazine
Author: Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of “Energy Independence”

Kenneth P. Green
Resident Scholar
American Enterprise Institute

Ashan Walpita, '09
School of Management, College of Arts and Sciences

The Great Debate is free and open to the Boston University community. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

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