Mark McLaughlin, lead writer and researcher for the Alternative EnergyInstitute, a nonprofit educational organization based in California, willaddress the main components of the current energy situation; thenonrenewable and polluting factors in using fossil fuels and nuclear fissionto generate power; the benefits and limitations of transitioning torenewable energy systems, and an overview of the potential breakthroughenergy and propulsion systems that may be developed in the 21st century;including zero point energy, cold fusion, and gravity modification.