The Romans decided that assimilation was the best form of defence, and many of the exhibits illuminate the lengths to which Roman bureaucrats and soldiers went to absorb foreigners into the machinery of empire.

ECONOMIST: Rome and the Barbarians

However, the lack of protection for NGOs, the inability or refusal of the state machinery to protect them and the growing intolerance of their neutral stance is dismaying many.

BBC: Viewpoint: Pakistan civil society under threat

Additionally, because many of the technologies that harness these energies are built using oil dependent machinery, there will be an additional push to develop technology for this purpose as well.

FORBES: Peak Oil Plan