Introduction Lighting the Way

In October 2007, the Inter Academy Council (IAC) published a report on the road the world needs to take to attain a sustainable energy future [2]. The IAC represents the 150 science and engineering academies of this world and the report was written upon the request of Brazil and China (http //www. interacademycouncil.net). The co-chairman for this project was the 1997 Nobel laureate for physics, and current, as of 2009, Secretary of State, Steven Chu from Stanford University. 

The title of the report is very suggestive Lighting the Way and is a nice play of words [2]. But using sunlight was not the only recommendation. The recommendations were as follows  

Capture C02 from coal and other fossil fuel utilization 

Extract energy from the sun and other renewable resources 

Invite the United Nations to examine the use of nuclear power on security and waste 

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