Tuesday, January 18, 2011

UN chief calls for clean energy for everyone

Ban-Ki Moon spoke to the World Future Energy Summit today, calling on the nations of the world to provide clean energy to everyone. Laudable goal.

"Our challenge is transformation. We need a global clean energy revolution -- a revolution that makes energy available and affordable for all," he [Moon] told participants in the fourth edition of the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi.

"This is essential for minimising climate risks, for reducing poverty and improving global health, for empowering women and meeting the Millennium Development Goals, for global economic growth, peace and security, and the health of the planet," he said in his keynote speech.


Maybe I should have said laudable GOALS.


Meanwhile, I like the words of the Sultan:

"Sultan al-Jaber, the chief executive officer of Masdar, a body created by oil-rich Abu Dhabi to champion the cause of promoting clean energy, stressed the need to use a mix of energy resources.

"Energy must come from a mix of sources... Solar energy is clean, efficient and cost-effective. A mix should also include peaceful nuclear energy, and, of course, renewable energy," he said."

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