my name is gary dirks. i am the director of light works -- lightworks. i would like to state -- take a step back and look at this from a global perspective. i like to start with a quote i find compelling that came out of the international energy agency's world energy outlook in 2008 it said, "the world energy system is at a crossroads. current global trends in energy supply in consumption are unsustainable. environmentally come economically, or socially." their role is to look at the world energy perspective and comment on where it is going and the security of the system. you might ask why a group like this would say something so provocative. i think the way to under stand it to understand it is asking what the forecast -- i think the way to understand it is by asking what the forecast says. primary energy demand growth grows by about 1.5% per year globally. the implication is that i 2030 we will have to have a 40% increase over today's energy provision in order to meet and demand. the bulk of that demand will come in developing asia and the middle east.

my name is gary dirks the director of light works at arizona state university. and as michael said, i spent the last 14 years in asia as president 6 b.p. china and president of b.p. asia pacific. i'd like to take a step back then and look at this from a global perspective and build on some of the things sunil already said and i'd like to start with a quote that i find very compelling that actually came out of the international energy agency's world energy outlook in 2008 and this quote says the world's energy system is at a crossroads. current global trends in energy supply and consumption are patently unsustainable. and environmentally economically forced socially. this is from an agency whose role is to look at the world's energy perspective and comment on where it's going and in particular the security of the system. you might ask yourself why would a group like this say something so provocative? and i think the way to understand it is to begin by looking at well, what does the forecast actually say? they've updated this, the 2009 when it came out recently, a

my name is gary dirks, i am the director of lightworks, arizona state university. and as michael said, i spent the last 14 years in asia as president of bp china and president of bp asia pa second. i'd like to -- pacific. i'd like to take a step back and look at this from a global perspective and build on some of the things that sunil has already said and i would like to start with a quote that i find very compelling, that actually came out of the international energy agency's world energy outlook in 2008. and this quote says, the world's energy system is at a crossroads. current global trends in energy supply and consumption are patently unsustainable. environmentally, economically, or socially. now, this is from an agency whose role is to look at the world's energy perspective and comment on where it's going and, in particular, the security of the system. you might ask yourself, why would a group like this say something so provocative, and i think the way to understand it is to begin by looking at, well, what does the forecast actually say. they've updated this,