| Book Reading - Power to the People by Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran '90 |
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Friday, November 21 2003, 6:00pm - 12:00am |
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| MIT alumni Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran will be coming to MIT to discuss his new book, "Power to the People" where Mr. Vaitheeswaran, the Global Environment & Energy Correspondent for The Economist, explains the great opportunities in the energy realm today. We will be meeting in the newly renovated Bush Room (10-105) to learn about what is happening in the energy revolution that we are living in today.
From the book:
The break-up of AT&T over two decades ago unleashed the flurry of innovation, entrepreneurship and investment that brought the world cellular telephones, broadband cable, cheap long-distance calls and, of course, the Internet. What is about to happen in the energy realm is every bit as dramatic as the telecommunications revolution and much more important.
Cleary, a shift away from an oil-based industry will have huge ramifications-politically as well as environmentally. Energy is the world's biggest business, generating nearly 2 trillion dollars a year, and the way we use energy now is the single most destructive thing we do to our planet. The key to sustainable development lies in the clean use of energy and POWER TO THE PEOPLE shows us how today's energy revolution promises just that.
Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran is The Economist's Global Environment and Energy Correspondent, covering developments in politics, economics, business, and technology as they relate to energy issues. He has received awards for his journalism, and previously wrote about Latin America as the magazine's regional bureau chief in Mexico City. Born in Madras, India, he grew up in Cheshire, Connecticut and graduated from MIT with a degree in mechanical engineering. He now lives in New York.
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Location: , 10-105, Cambridge, MA
Contact: Hillary Hudis,
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