This overview of the 2006 Conference on Free Energy by the Integrity Research Institute outlines some of the major themes in new & emerging energy technologies that were covered during the conference, including the dangers of today's petroleum economy, new physics breakthroughs in cold-fusion & LENR research, as well as covering progress in traditional renewable & sustainable energy solutions.

"Man has evolved from a hunter/killer moving to an agrarian society then into industrialization and with bio/Nano/IT, into the virtual age. We went from 97% of the population in agriculture to produce food in this country to 2% of the population. This would go lower with robotization. Humans have overtaken evolution of the Earth compared to other species. The environment went from natural, manmade, and then into a virtual environment. CO2 levels are higher, the ocean is producing more methane gas, which is worse than carbon dioxide, and the polar ice is melting. This demonstrates a collapse of the ecosystem and breathing may soon become a problem."

"New forms of energy are required. The use of drilling and obtaining cheap oil production has peaked. The U.S. has 745 cars per 1,000 population whereas the Chinese have 3/1,000.  If they go to 5/1,000, the Chinese demand for oil doubles and could easily go to $180/barrel." - Keynote Speaker Dennis Bushnell, NASA