How can we ensure energy security?
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About the video: ‘How can we ensure energy security?’
Caroline Lucas talks about the energy options confronting us. She discusses her preference for clean renewable energy and why she thinks nuclear power has little future. She remarks on the many win-win policies that could precipitate a rapid shift towards efficient and sustainable energy supply, but acknowledges a lack in the political will required to bring this change about. She talks about the new production and consumption patterns that need to be encouraged, expressing doubt that economic growth can be sustained globally at 3% per annum.
Total views: 2,803
Filmed: London, UK on 3 December 2004
Credits: Interviewer - Marcus Morrell Camera and Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2004 Big Picture TV
About Caroline Lucas
Caroline Lucas is an English politician.
She’s the leader of Green Party of England and Wales and member of the Member of the European Parliament for the South East England region.
Iin her time as a politician and activist she has worked with numerous NGOs and think tanks, including the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), Oxfam and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
She is an environmental campaigner and has written extensively on trade issues, globalization, the aviation industry, nuclear disarmament and GM.
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