Members of the European Parliament, Vittorio PRODI, Jo LEINEN, Claude TURMES among others agreed with participants on the evidence, that our current economic model, fuelled by fossils is not sustainable and we need a new, decentralised, sustainable and affordable energy model!
The vision for a new economic model - based on green hydrogen used as a form of storage for energy produced from renewables – was presented by US keynote speaker Mr. Jeremy Rifkin, author of the book titled ’The Hydrogen Economy’. Mr. Rifkin highlighted the four crises linked to oil: climate change, peak oil production, escalating Third World debt and an increasing geopolitical crisis around the Middle East that urge us today for a new industrial revolution.
The Commission’s ’Energy Package’ has been criticized for being weak on CO2 and renewables targets, such as demand side actions. Today, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, there is a momentum for the EU to create a new economic model, creating new energy partnerships producing energy decentralised, from local resources in a sustainable and affordable manner.
Energie-Cités will be partner supporting such an Energy Future!
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