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The Future of Fossil Fuels

Date: 10:30-15:45 Thursday 26 October 2006

Venue: Institute of Physics, London

Over 80% of the world's energy supply currently comes from fossil fuels and this is likely to remain the situation over the coming decades. Coal is the most plentiful fossil fuel, followed by natural gas and then conventional oil. Resources of oil in non-conventional sources - such as the oil sands, heavy oils and oil shales in a number of countries are also very large.

This one-day meeting provided a forum to explore and discuss the role of a wide range of fossil fuels for power generation, transport and heating through the 21st century.

Speakers:

	Martin Blunt (Imperial College, London) Carbon Storage in Underground Reservoirs More information ...
	Milton Catelin (World Coal Institute) Coal: the 21st Century Fuel More information ...
	Allan Jones (E.ON UK) Clean Coal Electricity Generation More information ...
	John Griffiths (Jacobs Consultancy) Clean Power and Fuels from Coal More information ...
	Geoff Maitland (Imperial College, London) Whither Oil & Gas? More information ...
	Jon Gibbins (Imperial College, London) Carbon Capture More information ...
	Stephanie Baldwin (Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology) Carbon Footprints More information ...

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