ZPEnergy.com - What the World Wants - Securing Our Energy Future

From the "o.s.EARTH, Inc. (OSE)" website (OSE provides experiential, simulation-based learning and training about world resources and issues - very cool learning site!)

"Preferred State: Abundant, clean, safe and affordable energy supplies for 100% of humanity

Problem State: 30 to 40% of total energy use is wasted, polluting the environment. 3 billion people live in societies that are without access to enough energy to meet their needs"

Check also Worldometers section at: WorldOmeters and click on Energy to see how the Energy production & consumption, etc., varies each second, and then visit "What the World Wants" section (Free_resources_lab) to read the "Securing our Energy Future" section. One extract from there:

"The $33 billion per year for ten years needed to increase the efficiency of the world's energy system by almost 100% is about 3.8% of what the US spends on energy each year, or 4.2% of the world's total annual military expenditures, or 3.3% of the world's illegal drug trade, or less than 15% of the subsidies received by US corporations each year from the government.(91)
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An investment of about $17 billion per year for ten years dedicated to phasing in and development would enable humanity to embark on a path toward a sustainable system of fulfilling the world's energy needs.(96) These resources would be spent on phasing out economic subsidies to oil, gas, coal and nuclear industries, while phasing in incentives to renewable energy sources-thereby leveling the economic playing field for all energy sources. Government use of renewable energy for its military, postal and administrative functions would create the infrastructure and mass market needed for mass production and economic competitiveness in today's economy. National tax incentives, similar to that which in California resulted in over 4000 megawatts of installed wind power in less than six years, would accelerate the switch to renewable energy in the developed world."