In the United States we comprise about 6% of the world’s population and consume 30% of the resources. Inexpensive and easy access to energy has been vital to our economic growth for close to a century. If today’s burgeoning middle classes in China and India were to consume the same amount as we do, that would be 90% of global resources between the three countries. This obviously is not a sustainable trend, economically or environmentally.
Global population is projected to increase to over 9.3 Billion people by 2030, up from over 6.3 Billion today. Energy demand in Florida alone is expected to increase 76% by 2030, twice the national rate. Current energy demand is satisfied primarily by fossil fuels, which take millions of years to form a finite polluting resource. With increasing population growth trends and rising global energy demand, supplies will soon be depleted.
We need solutions of a diverse energy portfolio today to avert salvaging a crisis tomorrow.
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