Talk matters 5th meeting 2020 08 13 Agenda

News Briefing, Domestic issue - Yongil(20 min)

Join us the meeting for the news briefing domestic issue, Heejin thank you for joining us today.

• Whirpool requests extension of safeguard against Samsung, LG
• S. Korea tops OECD’s growth rate forecast for 2020

World News - Heejin(20 min)

for the world news today, here we have Heejin. Hello Heejin. Good to have you

• The Russian whistleblower risking it all to expose the scale of an Arctic oil spill catastrophe
• Lebanon's economy was already in crisis. Then the blast hit Beirut

Featured Topic - Hoseock (20 min)

• Hydrogen Energy Strategy of EU Cont.

Key Messages: One potential solution is to convert renewable energy sources into hydrogen, as the processed hydrogen provides high-grade heat that can be used in transport as fuels, in industries as material and in agriculture for fertilisers.

The storage potential of hydrogen is particularly beneficial for power grids, as hydrogen allows for renewable energy sources to be kept, not only in large quantities, but also for long periods.

• Discussion Points

  • Where are the Korea now?
  • What are the business opportunity with Hydrogen energy strategy?
  • How do you think the countries in EU will change around 2030 if they succeed to adapt hydrogen energy infrastructure around the Europe?

• Cancel Culture

Cancel culture started trending again in 2020 amid increased awareness of and opposition to racial injustice following the protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd. Discussion of cancel culture flared up in the mainstream media after the publication of a letter criticizing cancel culture in Harper’s Magazine and President Donald Trump compared cancel culture to totalitarianism.

• Discussion Points
  • What are the example of Cancel Culture?
  • Is it bad? or Good? Why?
  • is cancel culture harming the freedom of speech?
  • Why do you think it happens and where will it goes?
  • In recent days, there are some critics saying that people were becoming too keen to ruin lives over mistakes made many years ago. How do you think?

Words

• accounts for : 처리하다
• carbon-emitting pathways, known as ‘grey’ hydrogen
• feedstock: 공급원료
• decarbonisation: 탈탄소
• Renewable hydrogen: produced through electrolysis from water using renewable electricity
• electrolysis: 전기 분해
• decouples energy production from usage in both location and time
• factsheet: 자료표
• combustible fuels: 가연성 연료(화석연료)
• glorified: 미화된
• boycotting
• backlash: 반발