Wednesday, October 12, 2011

(10/13) Green Energy: Economic Savior or Economic Suicide?: A Debate 8-10 p.m, Hogg Building (WCH1.120)

"Green Energy: Economic Savior or Economic Suicide": The University of Texas Objectivism Society hosts a debate between Alex Epstein of the Center for Industrial Progress and Ryan Rittenhouse of Greenpeace.


On October 13, energy experts from Greenpeace and the Center for Industrial Progress will go head-to-head in a debate on the question: ”Green Energy: Economic Savior or Economic Suicide”? The event, which will be hosted by The University of Texas Objectivism Society and sponsored by CFACT – Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow, will be held in the William C. Hogg building, room 1.120 on the UT Austin campus at 8 pm CT. It will also be broadcast live on the Internet via Livestream.
Representing Greenpeace will be Ryan Rittenhouse, a prominent anti-coal advocate and Greenpeace’s Austin Field Representative. Representing the Center for Industrial Progress will be Alex Epstein, the Center’s Director and a widely-published free-market energy writer whose work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Investor’s Business Daily.
Epstein and Rittenhouse will debate all things energy, with a focus on energy, energy policy and "green energy." This event is expected to have attendees from both Greenpeace and the local Objectivist community. It will be live streamed, in addition to being professionally filmed for distribution.




8-10PM
Hogg Building (WCH), 1.120
UT Objectivisim Society

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