"Understanding the Future of Sustainable
Energy"
Challenges
Climate Change
Pollution
Energy Standard
Scale
Economic
National Security
National Security
Consumption of fossil fuels will continue in the foreseeable future
.
Due to limited resources, production of domestic fossil fuels other than
coal are projected to decrease
resulting in a net increase of energy imports
,
particularly for petroleum . As countries (particularly India and
China) continue to develop the world energy consumption will continue to
increase
.
Increasing demand of limited resources will increase global competition for energy resources primary located in the Middle East. The countries dependence on crude oil and natural gas located in unstable region of the world is a major national security crisis. It is possible to argue that the U.S. occupation of Iraq could be in part be attributed to the U.S. desire to control and influence the region of the world with the most significant portion of energy resources.
Fraction of Total Crude Oil and Natural Gas per Region
(2008) [Data from EIA-International Energy
Outlook 2007]
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