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ARGO Stands for “Another Really Gripping Oil” Movie

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Michael

I finally watched ARGO (2012), which is a gripping film about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis and the 2013 Best Picture Academy Award Winner. The movie—produced by George Clooney and Ben Affleck—addresses US entanglement in Iranian governance through an openly … Read More

Posted in Blog | Tagged ARGO, Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Middle East, national security, oil, The Kingdom

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Dr. Michael E. Webber
Deputy Director, Energy Institute
Co-Director, Clean Energy Incubator
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Josey Centennial Fellow in Energy Resources
The University of Texas at Austin
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Energy at the Movies: From Campus to Primetime
Dr. Michael Webber and Juan Garcia present at SXSW Edu in March 2014.

UT Professor’s Energy a TV Hit
The Austin American-Statesman, Laylan Copelin

“When Energy Goes Hollywood: A Conversation with Michael Webber”
StateImpact Texas, Terrence Henry, KUT Austin

“‘The Power of Cinema: UT Professor Uses Film as Teaching Tool for the Masses about Energy in Society”
Austin Business Journal, James Jeffrey

Hydropower Saves The FugitiveI had the chance to re-watch an early 1990s blockbuster, The Fugitive (1993), starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. Ford plays a doctor wrongfully accused of murdering his wife. He is unexpectedly freed from the transport bus taking him … Read More

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ARGO Stands for “Another Really Gripping Oil” Movie

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