FUEL FOR THOUGHT FACTS AND WISHFUL THINKING CLIMATE POLITICS AND POLICY- BALI GENERAL ENERGY ISSUES AND CARBON FUELS EMISSION POLICY TRANSPORT AND CARBON FINANCE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION CLIMATE SCIENCE DEBATED IPCC CRITIQUE AND USES NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE EPILOGUE

The article presents a retrospective summary of events related to energy policies and technology, emission policy and climatic change. The United Nations held a meeting on climate change in Bali, Indonesia wherein 187 countries agreed on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions deeply by 2012. The China and India together account for about 70%of the increase in oil consumption over last 2 years. According to Morgan Stanley the world market for clean energy could reach $500 billion by 2020 and $1 trillion by 2030.