http://geothermal.inel.gov/publications/future_of_geothermal_energy.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_power

But we are here in South Africa very far from reasoning like this about transitional culture and rationing. May be the influence of USA ?

For interest sake, what would be the percentage of people in UK thinking about greenhouse gases and reducing their general consumption and wastage ?

Regards

PL Lemercier
Renewable Energy Centre
Port Elizabeth
South Africa

Thanks for posting this interview transcript. A very frank and meaningful discussion as you suggest. Possibly the best assessment of energy futures I have read to date.

The formatting is now fine by the way. One small thing – in your intro you refer to the WEO as the world economic outlook. Birol refers to it as the World Energy Outlook.

I was particularly interested also in Birol’s identification of three issues – Energy Security, Climate Change and the Energy/Poverty relationship. As the developing countries are hardest hit (and we are already seeing this) how will the developed world respond? Shall we stand by and watch millions of people starve to death? Will we, indeed will we even be capable of taking in masses of refugees from energy-food-famine ravaged countries? Permaculture has already saved or improved hundreds of thousands of lives in developing countries. It seems to me that massive upscaling of Permaculture education and projects in the third world is going to be needed – already is in fact.
Peter