Mark Braly

Mark Braly reports from the German Government’s Renewables 2004 conference in Bonn, that “something else, not new but more urgently felt, was in the air at the conference. The expert consensus now holds that the peak of world oil production is near – if it has not already happened.”

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder declared energy efficiency and renewables the “best response we can give to rising energy prices — rational not just populist,” bringing cheers from participants at the Renewables 2004 conference on the third day.