CONFERENCE REPORT Energy | Empowering the Individual and the Community INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Energy | Empowering the Individual and the Community Prague, October 10-12, 2006 CONFERENCE REPORT Energy | Empowering the Individual and the Community 1st edition Prague Security Studies Institute Pohořelec 6, 118 00 Prague, Czech Republic www.pssi.cz fi [email protected] © PSSI 2006 All rights reserved Edited by | Dmitriy Zacharov, Pavel Fidler, Oldřich Černý Graphic design | PIKNIK creative shop | www.piknikshop.cz Printed by | BCS s.r.o. ISBN 80-903792-3-0 EDITORS´ NOTE The inaugural conference of the Club of Prague,which took place on October 10-12, 2006, was entitled “Energy: Empowering the Individual and the Community”. The Prague Security Studies Institute was the lead organizer of this project. In the course of compiling these proceedings, an editorial decision was made to try to preserve the meaning and, where possible, the words and visual content of the contributions. We greatly appreciate the text and presentation submissions of the participants, which we have tried to reproduce as exactly as possible, given publishing constraints. Other presentations, in the form included in these proceedings, were compiled by the editorial staff and approved by the presenters. Any errors in style or original intent are our own. The executive summaries of the roundtable sessions were put together in a way that seeks to preserve the fl ow and structure of the discussions that took place. Although we have tried to convey the speakers’ diction and meaning, the summaries are works of paraphrase and not transcription. We take responsibility for any inaccuracies here as well. It is our hope that these proceedings have adequately captured the spirit of the Club of Prague’s fi rst conference and that you, the reader, fi nd them to be as informative and enlightening as we do. We would greatly appreciate any feedback that you may have; it may be sent to fi [email protected] Our sincerest thanks go to all those who made possible these proceedings and the Club of Prague as a whole. Dmitriy Zacharov | Pavel Fidler | Oldřich Černý CONTENTS A Few Words.................................................................................................................................................Václav Havel 9 Foreword.................................................................................................................................................William F. Martin 11 Acknowledgements..........................................................................................................................Oldřich Černý 13 Scenarios & Values – Day 1 Session I – Alternative Energy Futures | moderator - William F. Martin | Introduction...............................................................................................................................................William F. Martin 17 Energy Scenario Overview........................................................................................................................Arnold Baker 19 Facts and Myths in Energy Trends.........................................................................................................Radek Stavěl 23 The Japanese Experience with Energy Effi ciency................................................................Nobuya Minami 28 Requirements for “Good Energy”...............................................................................................Konosuke Sugiura 39 New Old Thinking – Energy, Transport and Climate...............................................................Jessica Morey 43 Central and Eastern European Opportunities in the Energy Sector............................................................................................................................Vladimír Schmalz 47 Roundtable Discussion – Executive Summary......................................................................................................... 52 Internal and External Challenges of Energy Policy in the EU....................................... Andris Piebalgs 57 Session II – New Old Thinking: Values in Energy Demand and Supply | moderator - Václav Hampl | The Empowerment of the Individual and the Community: Václav Havel’s Thoughts............................................................................................................................Oldřich Černý 64 Learning from Cultural Wisdom: Japanese Perspective.......................................................Takashi Atoda 67 Learning from Cultural Wisdom: Jordanian Perspective, HRH Prince bin Talal’s Thoughts...........................................................................................................Malek Kabariti 70 Learning from Cultural Wisdom: Chinese Perspective....................................................................C.S. Kiang 76 Harmonizing Industrial Society and Local Communities...........................................Fumio Kawaguchi 84 Roundtable Discussion – Executive Summary........................................................................................................... 88 Technology, Market, Policy & Conclusion – Day 2 Session III – Programs to Support New Old Thinking | moderator – Jacques Bouchard | Introduction....................................................................................................................................Roger W. Robinson, Jr. 107 Japan’s Eff orts towards Eff ective Use of Fossil Fuels.........................................................Masayuki Oyama 108 The Nuclear Power Program in Japan..................................................................................................Yohsaku Fuji 113 Stakes and Prospects of Nuclear Energy Development...... ......................................Jacques Bouchard 117 Renewable Energy Programs...............................................................................................................Bent Sørensen 123 Energy Conservation and “ZEN” Project ................................................................................Joseph Perkowski 128 Observation on Net Energy Analysis...........................................................................................Alvin Trivelpiece 139 Roundtable Discussion – Executive Summary........................................................................................................... 142 Session IV – Policy & Market Solutions to Support New Thinking | moderator – Jiří Schneider | Current and Future Policy Framework...............................................................................................Jiří Schneider 159 Financing Energy Strategies....................................................................................................................David Elliman 161 Roundtable Discussion – Executive Summary........................................................................................................... 166 Appendices Biographies of Participants..................................................................................................................................................... 175 Session Briefs................................................................................................................................................................................... 181 Student Discussion Session with Karin Kneissl.......................................................................................................... 185 Club of Prague in 2007.............................................................................................................................................................. 190 A FEW WORDS Václav Havel Two years ago, my friends Bill Martin and Olda Černý gave me the opportunity to speak at the “Energy and Security” conference organized by the Prague Security Studies Institute. I remember mentioning at the time that, after having fi nally managed to free ourselves from a totalitarian regime more than a decade ago, we have the duty to be careful to not give up these hard-fought freedoms. We have the duty to not let ourselves become enslaved by the pursuit of limitless growth and profi t, which is today, more than ever, a major risk, particularly in the energy sector. For this reason, I heartily welcome and support the creation of the “Club of Prague” and its intent to empower the individual and the community, respectively. Its innovative multidisciplinary approach, bringing together not only energy experts, but also writers, economists and thinkers, will certainly help to develop comprehensive responses to pressing energy challenges. I sincerely hope that this year’s initial meeting will lay the foundation for a relevant and respected forum, one that is effi cient in addressing our troubled world’s most urgent concerns. I have experienced what it is like to be a prisoner. But I also know that barred cells are not the only types of prisons that exist. Let us do everything that is in our power to avoid becoming prisoners of ever increasing energy consumption and to protect ourselves from its dire consequences. 9 FOREWORD William F. Martin The inaugural meeting of the Club of Prague was held at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Aff airs on October 10-12, 2006, under the auspices of President Vaclav Havel, Minister of Foreign Aff airs Alexandr Vondra, and Mayor of Prague Pavel Bém. This was the second major conference on energy sponsored by the Prague Security Studies Institute. The “Energy and Security” conference, which took place in