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INVITATION
to
SECOND WORLD CONGRESS ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND ECOLOGY
9-15 August 2010, St. Petersburg, Russia

As a result of growing demand for petroleum, especially from fast growing
economies of China and India, and because of the speedy depletion of
petroleum resources, In 2008 price of petroleum continuously increased
until it reached $150 per barrel. Since then, because of the economic
recession, demand for petroleum subsided and went down to $40 per gallon.
However, since then because of the picking up of some economical and
industrial activity, demand for petroleum started to grow and recently its
price reached $85 per barrel. These are all indications that we are running
out of petroleum, as well as natural gas and coal.

Large scale utilization of petroleum, natural gas and coal is also
resulting in the growing environmental problems. Large chunks of ice are
breaking from Antarctica and Greenland causing sea levels to rise. Stronger
storms, floods and droughts are hurting the world economy. The total
environmental damage caused by global warming, climate change, ozone layer
depletion, acid rains, pollution and oil spills, presently stand at $8.3
trillion per annum, and it is growing.

Because of the foregoing, scientists, engineers and environmentalists are
working to find solutions to the interrelated global problems of energy and
ecology. Under the leadership of Dr. Alexander L. Gusev, a new series of
scientific meetings, i.e., World Congresses Alternative Energy and Ecology
(WCAEE), have been initiated, which covers alternative energies and
ecology, including their history, renewable energy sources, nuclear energy,
thermonuclear energy, hydrogen energy, energy conversion, effects on
ecology, flora and fauna, and the related topics.

The first of these congresses were held on a riverboat, which cruised from
Nizhny Novgorod to Kazan and back in August 2006. I am happy to report that
it was a big success with participants hailing from many countries of the
world. Because of its great success, now the second congress in the series,
i.e., Second World Congress Alternative Energy and Ecology (WCAEE 2010) is
being organized in the beautiful and historic city of St. Petersburg.

Because of the foregoing, I urge all the engineers, scientists,
environmentalists, decision makers and policy makers, who are involved in
alternative energy and ecology directly and/or indirectly, to contribute to
and/or participate in the Second World Congress Alternative Energy and
Ecology (WCAEE 2010). This will bring us closer to the age of abundant
energy and clean ecology.

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T. Nejat Veziroglu
President, International Association for Hydrogen Energy
Chairperson, World Congress Alternative Energy and Ecology