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Climate change experts 'lose faith' in renewable technology

Support for renewable energy technology to fight global warming is weakening in the face of worldwide economic problems and the true scale of the carbon reductions required, a survey of 'climate decision makers'published today by Globescan has suggested. Figures presented at the UN climate talks in Poznan, Poland, show that climate experts have less faith in alternative energy than they did 12 months ago. The survey shows less support for wind energy, solar power, biofuels, biomass and hydrogen energy as technologies with 'high potential' to reduce carbon levels in the atmosphere over the next 25 years. There was also less support for carbon capture and storage, new nuclear build, small-scale hydropower and natural gas stations as viable ways to hit targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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