Clinton and were on the plane and whatever karen would see boarding the plane shed say oh you again i was hoping it was the other day. And it turned out it was so. Thank you very much, david. Thank. Im cynthia schuster. I am the volunteer for the wisconsin book festival, and we are so happy to have you here tonight to join us for this presentation featuring ken miller, author of mapping the darkness, hosted in partnership with the wisconsin science festival. Before we begin, we also want to thank the madison public library, the madison public foundation, and all of the sponsors making this incredible free celebrate possible. Youve been asked this many times, im sure, but i ask you one more time to be sure to silence your cell phone and while youre here celebrating with us today, you can still use your cell phone to take pictures to post on social media. You can tag the wisconsin book festival, the madison public library, or use the hashtag y book fest, and we will share it. Excited to
Well, you know what makes your auto run. For millions of years, this sourcrce of power slept peacefuy in the dark recesseses of the earth until modern magic loosed the liquid energy from its subterranean prison. The quest for oil was not only confined to land. It extended offshore. There are oil reserves under the coastal waters of the united states, mainly off the coasts of california, alaska, texas, and louisiana. The gulf of mexico, home to a rich diversity of marine life, and it also produces almost a quarter of americas oil. Tapping these offshore oil reserves helps meet a significant part of u. S. Energy needs. But when things go wrong, theres a high price to pay. In 1969, the Santa Barbara oil spill dumped two and a half million gallons of oil into the pacific, killing thousands of sea birds and marine mammals. In 1989, the Exxon Valdez Oil tanker ran aground in alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William sound. And most recently, in 2010, the bp deepwater hor
Well, you know what makes your auto run. For millions of years, this sourcrce of power slept peacefuy in the dark recesseses of the earth until modern magic loosed the liquid energy from its subterranean prison. The quest for oil was not only confined to land. It extended offshore. There are oil reserves under the coastal waters of the united states, mainly off the coasts of california, alaska, texas, and louisiana. The gulf of mexico, home to a rich diversity of marine life, and it also produces almost a quarter of americas oil. Tapping these offshore oil reserves helps meet a significant part of u. S. Energy needs. But when things go wrong, theres a high price to pay. In 1969, the Santa Barbara oil spill dumped two and a half million gallons of oil into the pacific, killing thousands of sea birds and marine mammals. In 1989, the Exxon Valdez Oil tanker ran aground in alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William sound. And most recently, in 2010, the bp deepwater hor
Well, you know what makes your auto run. For millions of years, this sourcrce of power slept peacefuy in the dark recesseses of the earth until modern magic loosed the liquid energy from its subterranean prison. The quest for oil was not only confined to land. It extended offshore. There are oil reserves under the coastal waters of the united states, mainly off the coasts of california, alaska, texas, and louisiana. The gulf of mexico, home to a rich diversity of marine life, and it also produces almost a quarter of americas oil. Tapping these offshore oil reserves helps meet a significant part of u. S. Energy needs. But when things go wrong, theres a high price to pay. In 1969, the Santa Barbara oil spill dumped two and a half million gallons of oil into the pacific, killing thousands of sea birds and marine mammals. In 1989, the Exxon Valdez Oil tanker ran aground in alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William sound. And most recently, in 2010, the bp deepwater hor
Well, you know what makes your auto run. For millions of years, this source e of power slept peacefuy iin the Dark Recesses s of the earth until modern magic loosed the liquid energy from its subterranean prison. The quest for oil was not only confined to land. It extended offshore. There are oil reserves under the coastal waters of the united states, mainly off the coasts of california, alaska, texas, and louisiana. The gulf of mexico, home to a rich diversity of marine life, and it also produces almost a quarter of americas oil. Tapping these offshore oil reserves helps meet a significant part of u. S. Energy needs. But when things go wrong, theres a high price to pay. In 1969, the Santa Barbara oil spill dumped two and a half million gallons of oil into the pacific, killing thousands of sea birds and marine mammals. In 1989, the Exxon Valdez Oil tanker ran aground in alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William sound. And most recently, in 2010, the bp deepwater ho