| The Next Speaker Meeting will be Tuesday September 21st, 8-00 PM Artarmon Library |
| Cotter Erickson WEPA Vice President and Electrical Engineer |
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Australia's leaders seem determined to keep using coal for power generation, but if we are to move away from carbon based fossil fuel is nuclear a sensible alternative ? As environmentalists, our immediate reaction would be to say no - but is that really the best answer for the environment ? In this talk, Cotter will attempt to sort out the facts from the hype and give an un-biased view on the economics, sustainability and environmental impacts of a nuclear alternative. Cotter is an electrical engineer specialising in the design of electronic equipment. He has an interest in the interactions between technology and people and the long term impacts of our lifestyle on the planet. He has been a committee member of WEPA for longer than he cares to own up to. Cotter's other interests include bushwalking, bush regeneration and restoring old test equipment. Last year Cotter presented a talk titled "Why Aren't we Driving Electric Cars". This talk is a follow-on from that previous talk, and explores the implications of the conclusion that electric cars make no sense until we stop using carbon fossil fuel to generate electricity. |
| WEPA Speaker Meeting for November 16th 2010. |
| Professor Linda Connor,
Professor in the Department of Anthropology, School of Social and
Political Sciences, University of Sydney, and is currently President of
the Australian Anthropological Society. Her many research interests
include Anthropological study of environmental change. |