Club of Amsterdam Energy Forum

Please introduce yourself and mention your key interests related to "future", "strategy" and "vision" issues related to the future of energy.

The Club of Amsterdam organises international LABs. See: LAB on Old and New ENERGY, April 17&18, 2007 http://www.clubofamsterdam.com/event.asp?contentid=655

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For widespread use of new intelligent energy systems (e.g. with Hydrogen), the distribution of energy needs to be thought out. With fossil fuels it's necessary to find & refine and distribute the fuel on a large scale. Which new 'well to wheel' possibilities can we create?

Renewable energy is associated by many with 'thriftiness' or with other not so pleasant associations. But shouldn't we seek new ways of enhancing public acceptance of new energy systems, associating it with 'fun', 'cool', etc?

EU-politics on renewable energy is not very clear. On the one hand, the European Commission promotes renewable energy by explicit aims and by stating that Europe must be a 'hydrogen economy' in 2005. On the other hand, not much concrete action is taken and politicians take a 'laissez fair' stance. What should be the contribution of national and European politics in deploying alternative and intelligent energy systems?

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