Track 5: Fossil fuel free society - how do we get there?
Chaired by Erik Dahlquist, Malardalen University, Sweden (erik.dahlquist@mdh.se)
Yang Jin Chinese Academy of Science, China.
During the last few years the oil price has increased from some 10 $/bl to over 70 $/bl on the spot market. The reason is an
increasing demand, as China and India also need much more than earlier and short term there is not enough refinery capacity. Long
term we can now also see that new findings are significantly less then earlier, although the increasing demand, and within a foreseeable
future there will be a further price increase leading to a significantly higher interest for sustainable alternatives, that already today
can compete with oil and fossil gas. Together with the climate change issues we thus have a strong incentive for developing new
technologies as well as changing our consumption behavior. In this session we will both discuss how to change the behavior on a personal
level, how to improve the efficiency in industry and look for available resources on a regional level.
- What alternatives are the best locally or regionally?
- How shall the mix of energy resources look like?
- How can they meet the demand long term?
- What consumption level is possible to fulfill without destroying the resources long term?
- How do we meet the power (MW) versus energy (MWh) demand?
- How can we influence and change the energy "consumption" pattern?
- What technologies do we have for reducing energy "consumption" in households and industry?
- What technologies do we have to reduce fossil CO2 emissions generally?
- What are the conditions for introducing the new technologies on a large scale?
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