In St. Petersburg, G-8 summit will forecast our energy future
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By RICHARD STEINER
GUEST COLUMNIST
The world should pay close attention to the Group of Eight summit this weekend in Russia because it will give us a good sense of our energy and environmental future.
As this is the first year of full Russian membership in the elite club of industrialized democracies, this year's summit is hosted by Russia, which has chosen the primary focus for the summit to be energy security. Given the urgency of the global energy/climate crisis, that is clearly the right focus.
But to most G-8 leaders, the concept of energy security begins and ends with more fossil fuels and nuclear energy. Given the known risks posed by both of those, this is surely not a long-term, sustainable solution. Pinning our energy future to hydrocarbons and nuclear fission is a prescription for insecurity rather than security, and would simply dig our energy hole deeper......
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