He said oil and coal reserves are rapidly depleting and the world is now being forced to consider other methods and means for the continuance of mankind within a civilization framework that is not tied to fossil fuels.

He said mainstream thinking has been sluggish despite a number of very high profile international meetings.

Key thinkers from Sri Lanka who anticipated this problem literally decades ago, have lobbied incessantly to have the existing energy policies changed towards a more sustainable one.

Abeygunawardana, who is an Electrical Engineer, is also the Senior Consultant to the Strategic Enterprise Management Agency (SEMA) and is well known for his deepest insights into practical methods of overcoming the existing crisis.

Scientist Ray Wijewardena said that he totally agrees with Abegunawardena. He said that practical action is the need of the hour than talking.