[ExI] IEEE Virtual Speaker Request

[Keith Henson]

On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 9:01 AM Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow!
>
> What university is this?
>

Never mind, I figured it out. Pensacola Christian College.

No surprise. I presume founding the "Druid" movement at the U of Arizona in
1961 got them. It was, of course, a joke, especially the "Latter Day
Druids."

Or maybe the Wiki page mentioning the famous atheist Richard Dawkins liking
my coining of the word memeoids.

In any case, if you want the slides for the power satellite talk, ask and I
will send them.

I have moved on.

I worked for decades on solar power satellites. Finally gave up about ten
years ago after producing the "Beamed Energy Bootstrapping" video. The
economics failed and it is still out of reach.

But an offshoot of that work led to a proposal to use curtailed renewable
power to process MSW into syngas that can be stored and burned for power or
turned into liquid fuels. Recently, it dawned on us that if you feed the
gasifiers on vast amounts of biomass, you can make synthetic fuel at a
profit *and* sequester half the carbon in the fuel (as CO2). This provides
a way to end the use of oil while avoiding mass deaths from starvation that
would result from a lack of diesel, while ending the increases in CO2 that
are warming the Earth.

It is a very large project. Details if you are interested.

Best wishes,
Keith Henson, IEEE Senior Life Member

>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 8:53 AM Walter Reeves <walter.reeves1141 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Greetings Mr. Keith,
>>
>> I regret to inform you that our college has not approved you as a guest
>> speaker. We appreciate your flexibility and understanding in this situation.
>>
>>
>> Thank you for your time,
>> Walter Reeves
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2026 at 6:30 PM Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> OK, If I need to do anything, let me know. They might consider me a bad
>>> influence.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Keith
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2026 at 3:12 PM Walter Reeves <
>>> walter.reeves1141 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Good afternoon Mr. Keith,
>>>>
>>>> While our officers are eagerly looking forward to your presentation,
>>>> our college has to approve all guest speakers before they are allowed to
>>>> speak to our students. We plan to hear back regarding your approval by this
>>>> Wednesday (9/9) or by Wednesday (9/16) at the latest. Once we have obtained
>>>> approval, we can move forward with finalizing a date. Thank you again for
>>>> your interest in sharing your insights to our students!
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your time,
>>>> Walter Reeves
>>>>
>>>
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