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Energy in the 21st Century |
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| This audio recording of a lecture, at the Centre for Human Ecology is given by Mr. Mark Hope, who works for Shell UK. He is speaking about Shell UK's ideas about 'energy' in its various forms and how Shell intends to address its sustainability. Mark initially outlines some basic facts about energy as an economic resource, stating that the world has more fossil fuels than we can ever hope to, or afford to burn. The world won’t run out of fossil fuels due to a lack of resources but more likely for other reasons e.g. technology. The population of the developed world is remaining reasonably static, but the developing world is still expanding. The current estimate is that there will be 10 billion people on the planet by the mid-21st Century. In parallel, energy consumption has increased dramatically, as has energy demand. In light of this, Mr. Hope suggests where future energy supplies may come from. He speaks about how it will still be many decades before fossil fuel is replaced by renewable sources. However, there will be future growth of renewable sources of energy, which will be driven by such things as: climate change concerns; security of fossil supply worries (main future resources concentrated in politically unstable countries); technological developments; personal choice of consumers and regulation (governments signalling where they intend to head). Hydrogen is also a realistic future source of energy. However the main problem with this currently lies in the storage and distribution. For example there is a BMW car, in Germany, which has been built to run on hydrogen, but the challenge for the mass market is how to replace petrol stations; how to get the hydrogen into the car. Mr. Hope moves on to what sustainable development means at Shell; he says as long as customers want to buy oil and gas, Shell will continue to produce oil and gas, but they need to do it efficiently and economically, reduce the ‘environmental footprints’ and improve societal developments. He speaks about how Shell are looking at the environmental and social repercussions of buying decisions, and how ‘e-business’ and the internet will change the future of how business is conducted. There is a discussion following the lecture, which is referred to, but the recording ends before this takes place. There are also referenced slides used throughout the lecture, but not being able to see these does not detract from the lecture itself. This audio recording lasts 37 minutes and 41 seconds. |
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Speaker - Hope, Mark
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Development
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Centre for Human Ecology - Copyright Holder
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10 / 10 / 2001
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English
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United Kingdom
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Community Media Association has non exclusive rights for the use of the work in The Showcase, but the overall copyright rests with the Centre for Human Ecology. Copyright the Centre for Human Ecology.
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