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"Madam President, fossil fuels currently provide the vast majority of the world’s primary energy needs: more than 80% of the whole, with oil at 34%, coal at 26% and natural gas at 21%. As we know, these resources have been exploited at rates far higher than their natural rates of replacement, meaning that their inexorable exhaustion is looming on the horizon.
The situation of natural gas is comparable to that of oil, except that it is less widely distributed, and it is harder to transport and store. We therefore urgently need to diversify our energy sources. There are no miraculous solutions and it is necessary for the still available reserves of fossil fuels to be managed very carefully, wisely and sparingly. However, whatever alternatives may be found for energy supply, it is almost certain that overall energy consumption will have to decrease in relation to current levels, which is not necessarily a very bad thing. It is for this scenario that we must prepare ourselves, starting now."@en1
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