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Inspired by: FP7 » There are many new serious attempts to utilize new fossil fuel resources

version: 6 / updated: 2011-02-08
id: #1636 / version id: #584
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Originally submitted by: Tuomo Kuosa
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Last changed by: Maurizio Sajeva
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submitted unpublished

Source of inspiration

European Commission Framework Programme for RTD (FP7)

Theme/activity of inspiration

Theme 5 - Energy

Sub-theme/area of inspiration

Knowledge for energy policy-making

Signal's headline

(max. 9 words)
There are many new serious attempts to utilize new fossil fuel resources

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)
The world is strugling with energy safety. There are many new serious attempts to utilize new fossil fuel resources. Prize of oil is Increasing. Contries and energy companies are constantly makeing new discoveries of new fossil fuel resources.

Keywords

fossil fuels, energy, oil demand, fossil resources, energy companies

Mini-description

(max. 250 characters)
There are many new serious attempts to utilize new fossil fuel resources. Contries and energy companies are constantly makeing new discoveries of new fossil fuel resources.

Signal's first apperance

2000-2005

Importance

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Level 2: important for a particular world region

Filters preventing the signal's monitoring

information/communicational filters (media/editorial interests, language, reasoning)
cultural/religious filters (values, traditions, faith, spiritual beliefs)
institutional filters (rules, laws, regulations)
economic filters (business/market interests)
affective filters (emotions, anxiety, self-doubt)
scientific filters (knowledge/technology access)

Key driving forces of this signal

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Driver 1 Driver 2
Economic there are still idrocarbon sources not used at great amounts

Major risks & opportunities associated to the signal

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Risks Opportunities
between 2015-2025 the new technologies are not reliable
beyond 2050 air pollution increases

Signal's relevance for European Grand Challenges

where? please justify:
particularly relevant Europe world
Energy security/dynamics
Techno-security, hazard & risk
Sustainability and climate change

Signal's relevance for thematic research areas

please justify:
particularly relevant
Health
Energy
Environment (including Climate Change)
Security
Research infrastructures

Pan-European strategies influencing the signal

please justify:
particularly relevant
Increasing the efficiency and impact of public research through Joint Programming (i.e. combining national and pan-European research efforts) or the optimisation of research programmes and priorities, for example.
Fostering and facilitating coherent international cooperation in science and technology

Research-friendly strategies potentially improving understanding of the signal

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please justify:
particularly relevant
Strengthening the actors in the research-friendly ecology
(i.e. Research funding organisations, universities, businesses, Research and Technology Organisations, Researchers and Citizens)
Addressing cohesion through a localised articulation between supply and demand
(e.g. making research institutions more engaged with their own context and local users; reinforcing knowledge flows into and out of regions; etc.