Nuclear power gains unexpected support
Environmentalists who previously lobbied and took action against nuclear power are now among the unexpected supporters of this alternative that may become one of the primary technologies for combating climate change. This is the theme of a front page article in today’s issue of The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/23/AR2009112303966.html?hpid=topnews This is a really interesting sign of [...]
The IEA warns that goals to reduce emissions are too low
The previous week the International Energy Agency warned that the peak of non-Opec oil production will happen in 2010. A “whistleblower” inside the organization also warned that the official statements from the agency on the ability to increase global production overall are too optimistic. In a statement of the 14th of November the IEA states [...]
Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis
I only yesterday saw that Al Gore has published a new book: “Our Choice”, with the subtitle “A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis”. How exciting that the former Vice President, and Nobel Prize winner, has written a book with a subtitle that eerily rings of the ideas promoted on this web-site and in my [...]
More experts, fewer generalists
We live in a society with a large number of experts. As we increase the number of experts, we reduce the number of generalists. Consequently, we all the time get fewer people who look at the big picture, and more who focus their attention on the details. This will not be a problem during “business-as-usual”. [...]
Non-Opec Oil Supply to Peak in 2010
According to the International Energy Agency, the non-Opec oil supply will peak in 2010. Earlier this fall the IEA has announced that global oil supply is increasing very slowly and that this may put a lid on the economic recovery during the next few years. The current story was published in The Financial Times, which [...]
New book about large scale transformation
The book Global Energy Transformation was published in the summer of 2009. It covers a wide range of energy and change management related subjects that are concerned with the methods and tools for large scale change. Later this year another book will be published, which is now being written. This deals with some of the [...]
Press release: Book and GET Institute
Mats R. Larsson, Global Energy Transformation Institute (GETI) Founder, Releases Latest Book: “GLOBAL ENERGY TRANSFORMATION: Four Necessary Steps to Make Clean Energy the Next Success Story” Now Available. Washington, DC – Mats R. Larsson, President and Founder of the Global Energy Transformation Institute in Höör, Sweden (www.getinstitute.com), announced today the publication of his latest book: [...]
Why you should read Global Energy Transformation
In Global Energy Transformation I take a look at energy issues from a management and business perspective. This hasn’t, to my knowledge, been done before, and I was surprised by how many novel ideas I could craft, only by changing the perspective. Energy systems transformation is a major challenge for all of us. No previous [...]
New book on soft aspects of leadership and change
I’m currently working on a book that emphasizes the softer aspects on leadership and change. It will bring up issues related to the current specialization in society, the need for strong leaders with a global, long-term, perspective and the need of stories and strong images of our collective future. This book will be optimistic, blaze [...]
