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Geopolitical View of Energy Issues - Professor Emeritus and ERBC CEO, Paul Chardoul

  • Wednesday, November 09, 2022
  • 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
  • University Club - 111 Lyon St. NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 10th Floor of the Fifth/Third Building

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BREAKFAST CLUB OF GRAND RAPIDS

Established 1936 – John A. Collins, President

UNIVERSITY CLUB

10th Floor of the Fifth/Third Bank Building

111 Lyon St. N.W. #1025, Grand Rapids

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2022  –  7:15 a.m.

As we are subjected to sticker shock every time we fill up our cars, we need to think about what can do about it and what the alternatives are. Our speaker this morning is our CEO, Paul Chardoul, who in a former life was a college professor, a foreign policy advisor and a tennis player. He will give us a geopolitical observation of the fuel and energy issues.

Invocator: Mr Eric Nelson
Introducer: Mr Jeff Kissinger

Due to the energy crisis, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off. This intolerable dependence on foreign oil threatens our economic independence and the very security of our nation. The energy crisis is real. It is a clear and present danger to our nation. These are facts and we simply must face them.
– Jimmy Carter

I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power!
– Thomas Alva Edison

The potential for alternative energy sources, mainly solar and wind power, to completely replace coal and gas for utility generation globally is, I think, certain. The question is only whether it takes 30 years or 70 years.
– Jeremy Grantham

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