Here is a link to a pdf file version of the International Energy Agency's World energy outlook report for 2008. ...and here is the first paragraph: The world's energy system is at a crossroads. Current global trends in energy supply and consumption are patently unsustainable - environmentally, economically, socially. But that can - and must - be altered; there's still time to change the road we're on. It is not an exaggeration to claim that the future of human prosperity depends on how successfully we tackle the two central energy challenges facing us today: securing the supply of reliable and affordable energy; and effecting a rapid transformation to a low-carbon, efficient and environmentally benign system of energy supply. What is needed is nothing short of an energy revolution. This World Energy Outlook demonstrates how that might be acheived through decisive policy action and at what cost. It also describes the consequence of failure. (... preaching to the choir?)
