5 December 2008 - The next 100 months represent a unique period for humanity. On numerous fronts, the consequences of the past 150 years of rapid industrialisation are all simultaneously coming home to roost.
Our relentless fossil fuelled economies are now being halted by the immovable facts of geology. Although no one is talking about oil and gas ''running out'', we now realise that just as energy demand is exploding across the globe, our ability to annually increase production is peaking, and must inevitably decline, with what remains being dirtier, harder to extract and much more expensive.
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25 November 2008 - The climate change imperative demands nothing short of an energy revolution. At the core of this revolution will be a change in the way that energy is produced, distributed and consumed. The five key principles behind this shift will be to:
* Implement renewable solutions, especially through decentralised energy systems
* Respect the natural limits of the environment
* Phase out dirty, unsustainable energy sources
* Create greater equity in the use of resources
* Decouple economic growth from the consumption of fossil fuels
Today, renewable energy sources account for 13% of ...
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