1. Energy and Environment The Real Challenge

2. Impact of Energy Use  Produces most of the indoor and outdoor air pollution  Produces most of our radioactive waste  Produces most of the hydrocarbon and trace-metal pollution of soil and ground water  Enables humans to add oil to oceans  GHG and climate change

3. Economic Development Requires high Energy Use 1900  100 Million Capitalists to build markets 1900  100 Million Capitalists to build markets 2000  2.5 Billion new capitalists 2000  2.5 Billion new capitalists Energy is the core of the “environmental problem” Energy is the core of the “environmental problem” Environment is the core of the energy problem Environment is the core of the energy problem The energy-environment intersection is the core of the sustainable-prosperity problem The energy-environment intersection is the core of the sustainable-prosperity problem