{"id":13558,"date":"2022-08-25T21:58:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T21:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/?p=13558"},"modified":"2022-09-02T01:41:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T01:41:47","slug":"2022-08-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2022-08-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Future Energy Needs for the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1181\" height=\"1188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/humanists.org_2022_08_28_gatech.edu_KIRK-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13560\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3>Videos of talks by Kirk Sorensen and others<\/h3>\n<p><strong>11 a.m., August 28, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join us at this Sunday&#8217;s meeting to watch two videos and discuss them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;America, In The Dark&#8221; describes the general problem of the need to meet our energy needs now, and especially in the future.<br>\nIf you wish, you can watch this 7-minute video at:<br>\nhttps:\/\/www.kiteandkeymedia.com\/videos\/renewable-energy-electricity-blackouts-and-solar-wind-mandates\/<\/p>\n<p>In &#8220;Path Forward Enabled by Thorium&#8221;, Kirk Sorensen explores the possibility of meeting future energy needs by the use of thorium nuclear reactor power generation. This approach can provide significant energy without producing nuclear waste, and can be designed to be very safe.<br>\nIf you wish, you can preview his 25-minute presentation at:<br>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bkZ0ZBAVDu4<br>\nCome join us for a lively discussion about this critical subject.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Because of the coronavirus situation, this Forum will be held online.<\/p>\n<p>To see the Forum, and to ask questions or make comments, if you wish, click <a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/j\/81653890712?pwd=QzN4MTVNbGEwQ0Zua3d1VG9tVE50UT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br>Our host will admit you from the waiting room. Joining the meeting via the above link will download and install the Zoom app on your desktop computer, if it&#8217;s not already installed, and then take you to the meeting. You can also install the Zoom app on your computer or smart phone, and then enter:<br>Meeting ID: 816 5389 0712<br>Passcode: 250634<\/p>\n<p>You can also call any of the following phone numbers and then enter the above Meeting ID and the Passcode in order to join the meeting by phone.<br>+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)<br>+1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)<br>+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)<br>+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)<br>+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)<br>+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)<br>+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)<br>You can find international phone numbers to call <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/u\/afYkAuvE6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>RSVP on Meetup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/humanistcommunity\/events\/288061421\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br>Like us on Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/humanistcommsv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br>Follow us on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HumanistCommSV\/status\/1562917443357396992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br>See videos of our past Forums <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user2798508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br>Add this event to your Google Calendar<br>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=X2I5N2t1ajlvNjRyM2FjcG83NG8zZWM5aV8yMDIyMDgyOFQxNzMwMDBaIDhoZ2o1amJlZ3V2Y29kbjA5b2E1OWsxcDkwQGc&amp;tmsrc=8hgj5jbeguvcodn09oa59k1p90%40group.calendar.google.com\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/images\/ext\/gc_button1_en.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>Do your online shopping at <a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/ch\/94-6173979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/ch\/94-6173979<\/a>, and Amazon donates to the Humanist Community every time you do.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Videos of talks by Kirk Sorensen and others 11 a.m., August 28, 2022 Join us at this Sunday&#8217;s meeting to watch two videos and discuss them. &#8220;America, In The Dark&#8221; describes the general problem of the need to meet our energy needs now, and especially in the future. If you wish, you can watch this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2022-08-28\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Meeting Future Energy Needs for the USA&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[258],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13558"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13561,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13558\/revisions\/13561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}