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奥巴马总统23日在MIT发表演讲
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奥巴马总统演讲视频网址
http://amps-web.mit.edu/public/amps/webcast/2009/obama-2009oct23/
MIT校长Susan主持会议（转载）
奥巴马走上讲台（转载）
奥巴马总统演讲电视照片（博主拍摄）
奥巴马总统演讲电视照片（博主拍摄）
在MIT主楼大厅教室收看演讲实况的学生们（博主拍摄）
在4-237教室收看演讲实况（博主拍摄）
在26-100教室收看演讲实况的老师和学生们（博主拍摄）
如此多的人都没有办法进入会场（博主拍摄）
尽管看不见奥巴马总统，但是和他也就不到100米的距离了（博主拍摄）
奥巴马总统10月23日（美国东部时间）中午在参观MIT部分实验室后12点30分在MIT的Kresge Auditorium 发表了大约30分钟的讲演，主要内容是美国在清洁能源中的领导作用。Kresge Auditorium 大约能容纳1000左右听众，MIT的教职员工大约有200张票，普通人员就没有办法目睹奥巴马的风采了。不过MIT设了很多报告厅和教室大屏幕电视现场直播演讲实况，MIT网站上也同时直播演讲内容。奥巴马总统的来访日几乎成了MIT的节日，难得见到那么多人出来。
MIT校内新闻如下（转载）
President Barack Obama, in a historic visit to the MIT campus, praised the Institute's commitment to energy research and issued a strong call for the nation to lead the world in the development of new, efficient and clean energy technologies.
"Nations everywhere are racing to develop new ways to produce and use energy," he said in remarks delivered to a packed Kresge Auditorium. "The nation that wins this competition will be the nation that leads the global economy. I'm convinced of that. And I want America to be that nation."
Before delivering his speech on "American leadership in clean energy," the President was escorted by MIT President Susan Hockfield and MIT Energy Initiative Director Ernest Moniz on a tour of MIT laboratories conducting energy research.
"Extraordinary research [is] being conducted at this Institute," Obama said, citing work that could lead to windows that generate electricity, batteries that are grown by viruses rather than being built, highly efficient new lighting systems and ways of storing energy from offshore windmills so that it can be delivered when needed.
"You just get excited being here, and seeing these extraordinary young people," he said. "It taps into something essential about America," he said, asserting that the nation has "always been about discovery. It's in our DNA."
'Heirs to a legacy of innovation'
Obama's talk came as Congress gears up for hearings on clean energy legislation and as negotiators from around the world prepare for December's U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen.
The President said that the clean-energy research he saw in the labs is "a reminder that all of you are heirs to a legacy of innovation, not just here but across America, that has improved our health and our well being and helped us achieve unparalleled prosperity." But Obama indicated that this prosperity was in jeopardy, threatened in part by the very force that drives it.
"The system of energy that powers our economy also undermines our security and endangers our planet," he said.
Discussing energy legislation that is presently working its way through the U.S. Congress with some bipartisan support, including a bill jointly sponsored by Republican Senator Lindsay Graham and Democratic Senator John Kerry, the President said he believed a consensus was growing.
"We are seeing a convergence," he said. The naysayers, the folks who would pretend that this is not an issue, they are being marginalized." But, he added, "the closer we get, the harder the opposition will fight."
Young people, he said, "understand that this is the challenge of their generation."
Indeed, Forgan McIntosh, co-president of the MIT Energy Club and an MBA student at the MIT Sloan School of Management, said before the event that he hoped the President would use his occasion to jump-start progress on redefining Washington's role in the energy sector and its leadership position in the global race for clean energy competitiveness. Reached after the speech, McIntosh said he was not disappointed.
"The President used his speech to express a solid commitment to leading the global clean energy race for both economic and climate concerns," he said.
'The go-to place'
President Obama's visit to MIT was only the second in the Institute's history by a sitting president, following President Bill Clinton's appearance for a Commencement address in 1998. This was the first such visit to include a tour of laboratories and meetings with MIT faculty members.
After taking the stage in Kresge, Obama began his talk with a few quips about MIT, initially describing it as "the most prestigious school in Cambridge Massachusetts." The graduate of Harvard Law School quickly backtracked, adding, "well, in this part of Cambridge." Then, referring to MIT's tradition of hacks, he said "I might be here for a while — a bunch of engineering students put my motorcade on top of Building 10."
Following the speech, Moniz said Obama was "truly thrilled with the work he saw and the scale of the commitment he saw here." Robert Armstrong, deputy director of the MIT Energy Initiative, said the fact that the President chose to come here for this talk illustrates the fact that "MIT is becoming the go-to place for work on clean energy."
Hockfield, in her remarks before the President's talk, said that "President Obama has articulated a powerful vision for restoring economic growth, creating jobs and counteracting climate change by investing aggressively in clean energy research and development."
Hockfield hailed the historic significance of the visit, saying the fact "that President Obama has come to MIT to talk about America's potential to lead in clean energy is a tribute to the groundbreaking work of our faculty and students, including many in this room."
She added that "we share President Obama's view that clean energy is the defining challenge of this era. To meet the doubling of global energy demand by 2050; to drive new patents, new products, new industries and new jobs, and to mitigate climate change, clean energy is the only avenue."
Chancellor Phillip L. Clay said that the President's visit "signals that the administration understands the very important leadership contribution that MIT is making on the energy problem," and shows the President's commitment to "applying science and technology to solving problems such as energy." Personally, he said, "I'm just so pleased and proud — there's no place on my body left to pinch."
奥巴马总统参观MIT实验室
President Barack Obama commended MIT for its “extraordinary energy research” and urged America to take leadership in cleaner technologies in a speech today at Kresge Auditorium.
“This is the nation that has led the world for two centuries in the pursuit of discovery. This is the nation that will lead the clean energy economy of tomorrow,” Obama said to a crowd of about 750, including over 200 students and faculty.
Obama singled out innovation as the solution to America’s challenges. He talked of a “peaceful competition” with other countries to develop alternative sources of energy.
“The nation that wins this competition will be the nation that leads the global economy. I am convinced of that. And I want America to be that nation,” he said.
He pointed out that the Recovery Act, or stimulus bill, is already leading the U.S. in the direction of green jobs and research. The act provides the “largest single boost in scientific research in history,” he said.
The law also sets aside $80 billion dollars for creating jobs in alternative energy and energy efficiency. For Americans this investment acts “not just help to end this recession, but to lay a new foundation for lasting prosperity,” he said.
Obama also advocated for the Senate climate change bill, which would cap greenhouse gas emissions and “transform our energy system into one that’s far more efficient, far cleaner.”
Obama Visits Bldg. 13
Before the speech, President Susan J. Hockfield and MIT Energy Initiative director Ernest J. Moniz led Obama on a tour of several laboratories focusing on clean energy and technology.
Obama saw presentations on high-powered, virus-assembled batteries from Professors Angela M. Belcher and Paula T. Hammond ’84; quantum dot LED lights from Professor Vladmir Bulovic; offshore wind turbines from Professor Alexander H. Slocum ’82; and solar cell concentrators from Professor Marc A. Baldo.
“He’s just a warm, friendly human being.” Slocum said. “I’ve met plenty of plastic politicians. Obama is just real.”
Crowds gather, Obama cracks jokes
Obama arrived at Kresge shortly after 12:30 p.m. Cecilia R. Louis ’10, a member of the Chorallaries, sang the national anthem. Both Hockfield and Moniz gave brief opening comments. Moniz praised Obama’s “commitment to integrating sound science and critical analysis.”
Obama began his speech with a light jab at his alma mater. “It’s always been a dream of mine to visit the most prestigious school in Cambridge, Massachusetts,” he said to laughter and cheers. After a pause, he added “hold on a second — certainly the most prestigious school in this part of Cambridge, Massachusetts.”
Most students did not get tickets, but many still gathered near Kresge to try and catch a glimpse of the President. A few people also showed up to protest, drawing attention to human rights violations, the Afghanistan war, healthcare reform, and abortion. When Obama’s motorcade came down Memorial Drive around 12:30 p.m., there were screams and pointing as the crowd ran down Mass. Ave. to see the procession.
Later, in Kresge, Obama would return the enthusiastic greeting.
“You just get excited being here and seeing these extraordinary young people and the extraordinary leadership of Professor Hockfield because it taps into something essential about America — it’s the legacy of daring men and women who put their talents and their efforts into the pursuit of discovery.”
Obama spoke for about 20 minutes, then came down from the podium to shake hands with MIT faculty and students. He left promptly after 1 p.m. to attend a $500-a-head fundraiser for Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.
早在今年3月奥巴马总统和MIT校长Susan Hockfield 就清洁能源研究问题共同发表讲话
网址 http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/hockfield-whitehouse-0323.html
https://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-339326-264619.html
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