NS4960 Spring Term 2017 Burnell and Simon Chapter 7 Conclusions

Overview Energy security a complex issue Neither easily defined nor easily managed. Without access to continually available, reasonably priced energy, much of the developed world would rapidly retrogress back in time Globalization facilitates access to energy However globalization often leads to Greater forms of inequality and dysfunction as societies experience loss of traditional survival skills and Replacement of basic tools with energy-hungry machines