One major message of this paper, and of this Conference for that matter, is that it is essential to widen our agendas so that all possible alternative energy strategies can be explored. In any case, over the next 50 years or so several tens of terawatts of power have to be supplied, whether we...

China is in the process of becoming the fourth main global player in the world economy, together with the US, the EU, and Japan. Due to an energy mix with 75% dependence on coal, a high energy intensity and low energy prices, it is, after the US, the world's second largest emitter of CO2....