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Greetings to all,
As a speaker at the congress of Aspo Italy 2, I submitted a plan based on renewables and energy efficiency to reduce dependence on gas and oil. Considering all contributions obtainable those strategies we could stabilize gas consumption, reduce strongly the use of oil and hit the Kyoto target by the 2012. If every country in Europe could do this the gas crunch would be delayed in time, giving us more time to develope new solutions based on troposferical eolic or photovoltaic or even on new generation nuclear power. The fast approach of gas crunch is mostly a matter of increasing natgas consumption all over the continent. A strategic agreement with Russia is strongly needed, not only to realize new gas infrastructures, but even to increase energy efficency in gas use. Repowering of old soviet gas fired power stations with combined cycle and better insulation in central district heating stations could stop the increase of internal gas consumption making available stable gas amounts (and incomes) for export, while big european consumers, Germany, Italy, France and so on try to reduce consumption by efficency and renewables. Europe needs more time to develope solutions; Euan showed us that time could be too short to buld new nuclear plants before gas crunch happens. Efficency and renewables are quicker ways that can perform better.
Eugenio
Hi Eugenio,
Thanks for your post. I'm curious- what happened (WRT your plan) after your presentation?
Did you attempt to have your plan adopted? If so, what steps did you take and how was this received?
Or, did anyone contact you about it?
Was there a gap at implementation? And, if so, how do you suppose this might be overcome?
Thank You Aniya
ASPO Italy 2 conference was divided in two sections: problems (Euan's presentation was in that section) and solutions. My plan was designed to show that ASPO Italy focuses on solutions and to demonstrate quantitatively that renewables and efficency can be a feasible short term solution even if we consider only mature technologies and existing subsides.
No special expression of interest was done by local politicians, it is a post electoral phase in Italy and everyone is waiting for the magician nuclear, LNG and clean coal solutions promised by the new government.
By the way there is some interest inside ASPO so I am working to do an english translation of the plan.
Regards
Eugenio
Eugenio - you can always send a copy to Ugo for consideration at TOD as well.
Yes, sure, I will do it.
Bye
Eugenio