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Diary of an accidental futurist – observations on current & future trends

By 2050 energy demand will double. However, fossil fuels will still provide 70% of world energy in 2050.
– Peter Voser, CEO, Shell.

andrew curry on February 3, 2010 at 3:18 am said:

Always interested in Shell’s statements about the world, but a source would be good. Does your blog program not do links?

best

Andrew
Richard Watson on February 3, 2010 at 2:52 pm said:

Noted!
Linda on February 5, 2010 at 6:34 am said:

I hope we get off our addiction to foreign oil! Solar power and wind power is cleaner and in abundant supply!!
Richard on February 5, 2010 at 7:02 am said:

Yes but you can’t run the whole world on it! I think clean gas is an interesting interim technology.
miguel on February 5, 2010 at 10:55 pm said:

I do not think the word or the data provided by an oil corporation CEO is to be trusted…Usually is bullshit…
Richard on February 6, 2010 at 7:56 am said:

I would certainly agree that you need to be very careful with any statistic and that there are people out there, especially large corporations and governments, that are trying to spin things.