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Energy in 2013 (part 2)

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With a population of seven billion, we need more energy but we're letting off too much steam. As the polar ice caps melt and until renewable energies become truly viable, François Picard’s panel argues over whether shale gas will save or sink the planet.

DEBATE
  • Rajendra SHENDE, Chairman TERRE Policy; Former Director of UNEP;
  • Peter FAIRLEY, Energy Editor, IEEE Spectrum (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering); Contributing Editor, Technology Review;
  • Agnès MICHEL, Economist, French Green Party;
  • Jean-Louis SCHILANSKY, President of the French Union of Petroleum Industries

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