“We really need to develop a revolution, a change in the way our species creates the energy that it needs to run,”

The goal, they say, is to accelerate advances in nonpolluting energy technologies to limit climate risks and security problems related to the fast-growing global demand for oil and particularly coal, the fossil fuels that produce the bulk of carbon dioxide emissions linked to global warming.“We really need to develop a revolution, a change in the way our species creates the energy that it needs to run” Dr. Hoffert said in an interview. “We don’t really have enough time to let the system work its way out through proposed solutions like a cap and trading system for emissions.” http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/big-boost-in-energy-science-sought-in-letter-to-elected-and-aspiring-leaders/