Speakers full of energy for conference

AS an island nation, energy costs and energy sources for transport matter more to us than to most other countries: being competitive while keeping the wheels of motion and transport oiled means considering alternatives to oil and fossil-based fuels.

Transport’s a big energy guzzler, accounting for a quarter of world energy demand, and burning half the world’s oil output each year. Transport and energy matter, as do sustainability and energy efficiency, with concerns over climate change, security of energy supply, and environmental pollution. This is more important for a Europe with limited fossil fuel reserves, more so again in Ireland with practically none.

That’s why 200 people are using their own energy and resources to travel (via jet, ferry, rail, bus, car and bike) to an All-Ireland conference in UCC at the end of this month, at which 80 specialist papers will be delivered.