Tuesday, July 24, 2012

"The Price of Electricity Will Necessarily Skyrocket"

According to the  International Energy Agency, the world oil demand growth rate is approximately 1% per year. The upward trend is real and cumulatively even repeated 1% growth makes a difference over a decade.  Those results are estimated for the world in stagnation. And if global economic growth quickens, world oil demand will quicken too. This has the look of a serious problem. Nations need energy and energy sources. Japan once went to war over oil reserves.

The Americans have a number of responses but one is probably not to decrease exploration. Another would be to be picky about the type of energy they develop. Natural gas looks like a Godsend but seems to be off the current administration's moral radar because it produces carbon, an evil element and on the Index.

As the pie shrinks, manners decrease.

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