"We simply can't go on as we are," Prince Charles said to the select audience, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. He cited statistics and stories about global warming and oil depletion, contending, "Somehow we have to find the courage to reassert the once commonplace belief that human beings have a duty to act as the stewards of creation."
Update:Via Bart, more on the Prince and PO at Energy Bulletin:
"The Prince and the Peak" by Shepherd Bliss at http://energybulletin.net/10671.html (same as above)
Richard Heinberg's speech delivered at the conference with Prince Charles at http://energybulletin.net/10680.html