[Fornlist] lunch/lecture by Robert Perlack , "Reality: US Lands Can Produce The Ethanol . . . . "@1201Oak Ridge Turnpike

[Bob Costner]

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Greetings, Friends. Please join us for another interesting and certainly
very salient and topical program: 

April 15, 2009 Friends of ORNL Lunch/Lecture
"Reality: US Lands Can Produce The Ethanol To Displace One-Third Of US Petroleum Consumption"
Dr. Robert D. Perlack , Senior Research Scientist, Environmental Sciences Division ,ORNL

Abstract: 
Dr. Perlack will discuss a recent estimate of "potential" biomass based on numerous assumptions
about current and future inventory, production capacity, and technology. The analysis was made
to determine if U.S. land resources could produce sufficient biomass sustainably to displace up to
one-third of the country's present petroleum consumption. For both agriculture and forestry, the
available resource was not restricted by costs - all biomass was potentially available even though
some of it would likely be too expensive to be actual used. Since publication of the "Billion-Ton
Vision," research has focused on updating the projections, determining the costs to access these
resources, and disaggregating supply estimates to counties and finer spatial scales. The update is
also focusing on near- mid-term time periods coincident with major bioenergy initiatives. This
presentation will summarize findings of this update for both cropland and forestland resources.

Wed. 15 April 2009: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike see directions below

Speaker's bio below.

Lunch by the Soup Kitchen will be $7.00 and includes at least 2 choices of
hot soup, choice of sandwich, pickle, chips, choice of iced tea or hot coffee,
and choice of dessert.

As always, registered professional engineers who attend shall receive
one (1) PDH certificate. 

NOTICE - NOTICE

Members wishing to submit renewal dues by mail
can make a check for $20.00 payable to FORNL
and mail it to:

Treasurer, Friends of ORNL
214 Park Lane
Oliver Springs, TN 37840

Non-members who wish to join should also mail a 
check for $20.00 payable to FORNL and mail it to
the same address. [Note that the dues cover the
fiscal year starting on October 1 of each year.]
Non-members should also submit the following information:


Name
Mailing address
e-mail address (if applicable)

NOTICE - NOTICE

MONTHLY AGENDA:

11:00 am Socializing and coffee 
11:30 am Lunch served 
11:50 am Annual Meeting
12:00 noon Lecture begins 
12:45 pm Q&A 
1:00 pm Adjourn

HEADS UP: 

May 20 - TBA


DIRECTIONS TO MEETING LOCATION

Our meeting location is the white-colored
building at 1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike (State Highway 95)
between Taco Bell and Applebee's
at the intersection of the Turnpike and
Rutgers Ave (at Traffic Light #7).

At the south-west corner of the white-colored building
there is an entrance with a canopy.
Caution - - there is an additional entrance with
a canopy close by - - the entrance we use is that
closest to the Jameson Inn. The glass door is identified as
"The University of Tennessee - University Outreach & 
Continuing Education."

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Bob Perlack is a senior research scientist in the Environmental Sciences Division of Oak Ridge
National Laboratory. Bob currently leads the resource assessment and strategic analysis activities
for ORNL's biomass program. He has been at ORNL for over twenty-five years where he has
conducted research primarily on the evaluation and application of renewable energy technologies
in the U.S and internationally. Bob has a Ph.D. in Resource Economics and is author/coauthor of
numerous publications and a book on economics for environmental managers.

- 
Robert Costner
http://www.fornl.org