Energy and the Environment

We need to change Energy decisions

To minimise our carbon emissions.

Though green energy has taken a leap

And become competitively cheap.

So far the progress has been slow.

Renewable energy at fifteen percent

Now hardly seems to make a dent.

Or so we are told byJim Falk

In his very instructive talk.

Mallika posits that Shell will be a hero

By 2045 clearly net zero.

At least in their means of production.

Will there be emissions reduction

In their products by then as well?

By then will fossil fuels still sell

Or be replaced by energy that’s clean,

Electricity and hydrogen that’s green?

The future belongs to Technology.

Fusion is something we might see.

The technology of the future it has been

The cynics might say it’ll always be seen

As feasible but way out there.

But I don’t think that’s very fair.

We now have the efforts of ITER.

They’re keeping their schedules tighter.

Our dear friend Bernard Bigot

Is very clearly in the know.

Let there be no confusion

Eventually we will have fusion.

The future of the Planet’s at stake!

But with fusion it’s a piece of cake!

We know that ITER will try.

But we can’t totally rely

On their eventual success.

Of course we can consume much less

Efficiency is something we can stress.

Now many technologies are seen

With the potential to be green.

The Covid crisis is a pain

And yet there is so much to gain.

While all of us are badly burnt

Indeed there’s much that we have learnt.

Work from home is now a breeze

And we can now gain a release

From travel bills and office rent.

Indeed this time can be spent

To reimagine and reinvent

On reforms we should be bent.

And with this spur we can try

More disruption through AI

And digital for a system change

All this is now within our range

And indeed Amy Luers bets

On new rules, powers, mindsets.

Then no dichotomy will be seen

Between growth and energy that’s green