TEDSalon 2007

  • September 26, 2007
  • New York City

TEDSalon 2007: "Hot Science: Radical Ideas to Combat the Climate Crisis"

The salon explored radical proposals for outsmarting climate change.

Speakers

Juan Enriquez

Chairman & CEO, Biotechonomy LLC
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Juan Enriquez wants to grow energy: Juan Enriquez challenges our definition of bioenergy. Oil, coal, gas and other hydrocarbons are not chemical but biological products, based on plant matter -- and thus, growable. Our whole approach to fuel, he argues, needs to change.

Juan Enriquez wants to grow energy: Juan Enriquez challenges our definition of bioenergy. Oil, coal, gas and other hydrocarbons are not chemical but biological products, based on plant matter -- and thus, growable. Our whole approach to fuel, he argues, needs to change.

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Russ George

Former president & CEO, Planktos
Martin Hoffert

Physicist

David Keith

Environmental scientist
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David Keith's unusual climate change idea: Environmental scientist David Keith proposes a cheap, effective, shocking means to address climate change: What if we injected a huge cloud of ash into the atmosphere to deflect sunlight and heat?

David Keith's unusual climate change idea: Environmental scientist David Keith proposes a cheap, effective, shocking means to address climate change: What if we injected a huge cloud of ash into the atmosphere to deflect sunlight and heat?

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Michael Oppenheimer

Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School & Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Stephen Petranek

Editorial Director, Welder History Group
Sxip Shirey

Composer

TEDSalon 2007 is part of the Misc. TED series of events.

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