IEEE-Madison Webinar: The Carbon Free Farm

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The Carbon Free Farm: A Webinar Hosted by Iowa State University

Talk:  Jay Schmeucker's aim is to make the public—especially farmers—aware that we will need to develop such alternative fuels and fertilizers as fossil fuels become depleted and more expensive, and as climate change worsens. Developing local manufacturing processes to generate carbon-free fuel and fertilizer and powering those processes with renewable energy sources like solar and wind will eliminate farmers’ reliance on fossil fuels. And doing this all locally will remove much of the cost of transporting large amounts of fuel and fertilizers as well. At the demonstration project at Pinehurst, colleague David Toyne, an engineer based in Tujunga, Calif., and Jay have shown that sustainable farming is possible. But much like designing spacecraft, the effort has taken a little longer and presented many more challenges than initially expected.

Bio:  Jay Schmuecker worked for more than 50 years building planetary spacecraft at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Since retiring, he has been developing a solar-powered hydrogen fueling and fertilization system at Pinehurst Farm in eastern Iowa.

Webinar Information:

This webinar is hosted by Iowa State University and IEEE Madison members have been invited to attend. The WebEx information is below.

• Date: 20 Apr 2020
• Time: 06:00 PM UTC to 07:10 PM UTC
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• Madison, Wisconsin
• United States 53711

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• Starts 02 April 2020 06:33 PM UTC
• Ends 20 April 2020 03:33 AM UTC
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1:10 PM -- Webinar Starts

2:10 PM: Webinar Ends