I've been wondering how the need to reduce carbon emissions is going to effect the way potters fire their pottery, whether or not any new technologies are being developed to create a more environmentally friendly way to fire pots, and how such technologies, if they do get developed, would affect the way potters experiencing the firing process.

After looking around, I found some references to people using biodiesel fuel, and in Japan, they're experimenting with fuel cell technology in kilns at the industrial level. I imagine that, over time, kilns are going to change so much (out of necessity), that the whole culture and experience of making pottery is going to be very different for future generations than the way it's experienced today.