Stability fears rise as oil reliance grows

BBC NEWS | Business :: "The IEA draws a gloomy picture of the future, but along with it the agency also offers hope, insisting that its predictions about future trends are 'not unalterable'.

Alternative energy sources could be made commercially viable

'More vigorous government action could steer the world onto a markedly different energy path,'"



Two sources of alternative energy, wind turbines and the chimney of a waste burning plant, tower over oil tanks in Amsterdam's harbour