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The following is excerpted from the issue guide, America's Energy Future: How Can We Take Charge?Americans depend on easy access to energy. Most of us take it for granted that we will be able to light up a room with the flick of a switch, adjust the temperature of our homes at will, and climb into our cars every morning to go to work, often at distant sites.We use more energy than any other country. Americans make up only 4.5 percent of the world's population, yet we consume about 20 percent of the world's energy production. Collectively, we drive more, heat more, air condition more, and plug in more electronic devices than anyone else. We use 22 percent of the oil consumed in the world each day.Worldwide energy use is on the upswing as well, and is projected to keep increasing, as rapidly developing countries, such as China, India, and Brazil, become bigger players in the worldwide market for energy supplies, especially oil. And—sooner or later—the world's available supply of oil will run out.This 13-page issue guide presents three options for deliberation:Produce the Energy We Need to Maintain Our Way of LifeThis option holds that we must produce more of the energy we need, while

Author

Andy Mead

Publisher

National Issues Forums Institute Jaguar Book Group [Distributor

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781943028108

Subjects

Business, Economics, Engineering