Access to Energy

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Access to Energy
The foundation of prosperity The essence of
ethics and social responsibility A basic human
right
Atlas Economic Research Foundation Philadelphia
April 25, 2007
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The Circle of Life

• Electricity
• Nutrition

• Disease Prevention
• Clean Water

Housing
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The blessings of energy
Impoverished village, 2000
U.S. city, 2000
U.S. city, 1900
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Abundant, reliable, affordable electricity

• Electricity in USA
• 80 of energy
• 71 from coal, gas
• 20 from nuclear
• 7 hydroelectric
• lt1 wind, solar

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Human Life Years in one century

• 1900 56 billion
• 2000 429 billion
• In exchange for 0.7 degrees Celsius ??

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The Circle of Death

• Anti-Electricity
• Anti-Biotechnology

• Anti-Insecticides
• Anti-Development

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Anti-electricity policies KILL

• Lung infections 4 million dead / year
• Intestinal disease 6 million dead / yr

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Access to energy a basic human right

• We must help poor people get abundant, reliable,
  affordable energy

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Electricity Not in their lifetime
Enemies of development

• Rainforest Action Network
• Sierra Club
• Greenpeace
• Environmental Defense
• World Wildlife Fund
• Hollywood celebrities
• UN Environment Program
• Citigroup, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase

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Ed Begley, Jr.

• Its much cheaper for everybody in Africa to
  have electricity where they need it on their
  huts.

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Appropriate Technology politically correct
alternatives to abundant electricity

• Firewood and dung
• Sustainable development
• Precautionary principle

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The real stakeholders those who must live
with the consequences

• Not radical activists who hold the stakes

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Global social responsibility

• For all people
• For all concerns
• For all corporations including activists

Honesty Integrity Accountability
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Governments and communities must

• Challenge anti-energy activists
• Eliminate corruption and obstacles to investment
• Stop depending on foreign aid
• Demand proof of climate change catastrophe
• Harness their abundant resources

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