At the 2009 International Energy Policy Conference, www.energypolicyconference.com, one of our featured speakers was Mary Eisenhower, CEO/President of People to People International, (PTPI) www.ptpi.org. As chairman of the board of directors at that time of worldwide operations, I stated at the end of her remarks that it was a personal goal of mine, at some point, to begin an initiative to support energy for the world.
There are so many children and families throughout the world that do not have access to energy as we have in the US. There are reportedly 3.5 billion people that need proper access to energy resources and there are millions that die each year that don’t have needed energy. I believed then as I do now that it should be a concerted effort to provide energy for the world.
According to ExxonMobil’s forecasting, there will be 2 billion more people on the planet and a 130% larger economy by the year 2040. Therefore, the energy needs will increase.
Food, water and energy are very essential around the globe. Air-conditioning, heating, refrigeration for food, medicine and blood supplies are needed throughout the world.
A child, in his or her learning years, needs energy sources which provide adequate access to electricity for proper lighting in order to read. Energy access should be attainable globally. Unfortunately, energy access is not available to everyone.
The average American uses five times more energy than the average global citizen. One study specifically links improvement in life expectancy, educational attainment and per capita income to energy use.
On a People to People International/Operation International Children mission to Haiti in 2011, I met with representatives from the U. S. Embassy who provided me disturbing statistics about Haiti, statistics within our Hemisphere: 70% of the population was unemployed, 70% were illiterate, life expectancy for men was 29 and for women, age 30. And a major concern was the lack of an energy infrastructure which could dramatically change these statistics in a positive way.
America Needs America’s Energy has been my theme and continues my theme along with the last part of the theme, Creating Together the People’s Energy Plan. America Needs America’s Energy: Creating Together the People’s Energy Plan include the factors that the US becomes less dependent on foreign oil, protection of the environment be maintained, striving for energy efficiency be an ultimate goal and that plans to share our expertise with world in order that other countries and its people can have the needed energy be implemented.
It is time we come together: The US has the immediate challenge of striving for energy independence but also, global energy security for others. It is extremely important that the US be in a strong position of securing energy reserves within its own boundaries. Therefore, we need a plan. The US needs energy security. The Global Economic Reality: America Needs America’s Energy, And the World needs America’s Know-How!
Together we can create the People’s Energy Plan! Go to www.peoplesenergyplan.com to join the effort.
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