Inglis, Eads, Rich share energy views at Duke University Energy Conference (Videos)

Three distinguished Duke alumni discussed new developments in the energy industry and how to combat its most negative affect – climate change – in keynote addresses at the Duke University Energy Conference. Former congressman Bob Inglis and industry leaders Simon Rich and Ralph Eads joined several hundred guests at the annual conference at the Fuqua School of Business.

Human-driven climate change is real -- and so is the opportunity for government to combat it without hurting the energy industry or the economy, Inglis said in the day's opening keynote. Inglis, now director of the Energy & Enterprise Initiative, spoke of a "free enterprise fix that makes it so you fix the economy and the environmental problem fixes itself.

The event closed with a discussion of unconventional U.S. oil and gas production between Rich and Eads, who helped create the natural gas industry's "shale revolution." The talk was moderated by Richard Newell, director of the Duke University Energy Initiative.

The Duke University Energy Conference is designed to connect Duke University students and faculty with energy industry professionals, for increasing knowledge and understanding of energy-related issues within the Duke community and among businesses, government and other universities in the region.