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Mardi 16 Mars 2010 21:00

I presented my paper, Worksheets for Computing the Levelized Cost (US$/gasoline gal equivalent; euro/gasoline L equivalent) and Carbon Content (lb-CO2/gasoline gas equivalent; kg-CO2/gasoline L equivalent) of Hydrogen Vehicle Fuel Produced at a Model Wind Electric Powered Hydrogen Electrolyzer, at the Monthly Luncheon of the NCAC-USAEE on Friday, December 19, 2003 in the Montpelier Dining Room of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

I told the luncheon guests the “True Story” of how I got invited to speak to them. For those readers who were not able to attend, I have presented the “True Story” is presented below.

There I was at home on a cold Chicago evening listening to one of my CD’s when I heard a noise on the roof. I went up to the roof to find out what the noise was. It was Santa Claus with his reindeer and sled. He asked what took me so long to get up on the roof. I told him that I just hoped that the noise would go away. I said that if I knew that it was him, I would have come up right away. I asked him what he was doing coming to Chicago before Christmas. He told me that he was looking for a consultant who specialized in renewable energy and global warming. He saw my web page on his computer and decided to come by for a visit.

Then one of his reindeer, I think that it as Dasher, started to cough. I asked Santa why he needed a consulting energy economist with a specialization in greenhouse gases. First, he told me that as my client, he preferred that I call him Mr. Claus, because it is more professional. Then he started to talk some more, but Dasher, Dancer and Vixen all started coughing. While the coughing continued, Mr. Claus told me that the increase in pollution in the atmosphere was causing his reindeer to have a very hard time breathing. Then he said it! Please don’t repeat this in front of your children.

Michael, he said, if the atmosphere continues be as polluted as it is, this will be the last Christmas; I am not going to put my reindeer in harm’s way.

Christmas 2003, the LAST CHRISTMAS, now that is a real shocker!

Then Dasher, Dancer, Comet and Cupid all stopped smiling and started to cough again. Wait a second I said. I will go down to my apartment and get some cough syrup.

Mr. Claus said that I should be more realistic; reindeer can not use cough syrup intended for humans. I said OK, from now I would be more realistic.

I then suggested he use snowmobiles. The reindeer all groaned. Mr. Claus said that with global warming there will be no snow. Besides he said reindeer are more natural and he liked their company.

I explained my fee structure to Mr. Claus. He agreed and then told me that this engagement would be a team effort. He and I would work together to try to reduce the pollution so that there can be Christmas in 2004.

“How will we do it? ” I asked. He said that to start he would get me an invitation to speak in Washington, DC. I agreed that if I were invited to speak in DC that I would show up and present my worksheets on the FCV and carbon emissions.

He told me to go back down to my apartment and wait for a call. I said good-by to my new client, Mr. Claus and his reindeer and went down to my apartment and waited. 15 minutes later, I got a call from the CDAC Program Chair asking me to speak on the 19th.

There you have it. The insider’s inside the beltway story. Now you know the facts behind how I got invited.

Michael STAVY de Chicago(60610)
Etats-Unis d'Amérique

You may order a copy of this paper at my web site; http://www.nvo.com/stavy/nss-folder/folder1/