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Monsters, Inc.: An Animated Movie About the Modern Energy Industry

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Michael

MONSTERS, INC.
2001, Pixar Animation and Walt Disney

Inspired by Friday’s opening of Monsters University (2013) (the prequel to Monsters, Inc. (2001)), here are some of the energy elements portrayed in the original movie, released over a decade ago. If you’ve watched the Energy at the Movies pilot … Read More

Posted in Blog | Tagged advanced technologies, Billy Crystal, energy shortage, energy storage, fossil fuels, Inc., John Goodman, Monsters, Monsters University, peak oil, renewables

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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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Monsters, Inc.: An Animated Movie About the Modern Energy Industry

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