Are You A Mountains Or An Oceans Person?

That weaker economic growth will slow the pace of global energy demand, or

That strong growth in the emerging economies will lead to a rapid increase in global energy demand

That political power will become increasingly decentralised, or

That political power will be tightly held by those at the top

That strong popular pressure will lead to a rapid turnover of governments, or

That governments will retain the authority and stability they need to implement firm and wide-ranging policies

There will be lower energy prices, because vast new gas resources will open up, or

There will be higher energy prices, which will shape the evolution of the world energy system for several decades.

An abundance of gas will help solar and wind to grow (because gas-fired power is the most flexible back-up to solar and wind), or

That solar energy will enjoy an even more striking success. By the 2060s, it could even become the largest primary energy source

Oil demand will continue to grow until the 2060s, or

Oil will be displaced from the global transport mix. By 2070, the passenger road market could be nearly oil free

By 2060, there will be more than three times as much nuclear energy as there was in 2010

By 2060, there will only be around twice as much nuclear energy as there was in 2010

That tight and shale gas will fail to take off outside North America, or

That vast new gas resources will open up in a range of countries around the world

CCS is so successful that it helps the global electricity system to become effectively zero-CO2 emissions by 2060, or

That CCS will not receive strong policy support until sometime after 2060

It will have fallen to 17 GT CO2 per year

It will be more than double that amount, at 35 GT per year