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Politicians alone cannot change public attitudes to energy

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Sustainable Energy: Critical Factors in Energy Policy

OLIVIER DELEUZE, STATE SECRETARY FOR ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, ATTACHED TO THE MINISTER FOR MOBILITY AND TRANSPORT, BELGIUM

BILL HARE,

CLIMATE POLICY DIRECTOR, GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL

SHRI SURESH PRABHU, MINISTER OF POWER, INDIA

ROBERT PRIDDLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY (IEA)

Politicians are proving unable to change people's attitudes to energy use, and nongovernment organisations need to get involved if energy consumption is to become sustainable, according to Shri Suresh Prabhu. India is concerned about a secure energy supply as are the industrial countries. But, he said, the task before India - where the per capita consumption of electric power of a unit a day is among the lowest in the world - is somewhat more

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