Paparazzi Ethnography

11/29: The Sixth International Conference <<Energetica XXI>>: Economy, Policy, Ecology, sponsored by Gazprom and St. Petersburg State University of Economics.

I need to provide details on all the good energy talks, and (whoa) my own debut on the Russian energy stage… 🙂

Up now we have Mr. Lazlo Varro, IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2013. Job descriptions are changing. Traditional importers are becoming energy producers, like the United States which was an importer is becoming a gas exporter. Middle East countries are becoming drivers of consumption. No good solutions for climate stabilization, carbon emissions are at a global peak. Cheap shale gas drove coal out of the energy mix. Nevertheless, coal is the fastest increasing energy source. Currently the energy system is on track for a 3-5 degrees of warming…. more…