Human  Greediness  and needs

 by Massimiliano Fanni Canelles

The  world energy requirements  estimated by I.A.E. (International Agency for Energy) will  increase of 50 %within 2030, and even in the next few years fossils fuels  (coke, oil and gas)  will provide most  of primary energy.

However the foregone conclusion of progressive exhaustion of non renewable energies  ,the constant world population  increase and the growing  energy demand from  new industrialized Countries as India and China ,oblige us to find alternatives energy sources satisfying planet current  requirements in order to maintain present  world levels of  technological standards .

Technical capacity is  directly proportional to disposable  energy production.

Nowadays   every month  a flat demands  the same power quantity    required  during   a year  in a  city  like London in the 19 th and thanks  to such energy we all can enjoy today services and performances which were unthinkable even the last  century  .

 However energy production  as well as standard of  living are different throughout time but also according to geographic distribution :people’s consumption depend on their development.

So ,the US   represent 4,6 % of world population but consume about 24% of world oil  production, Germany, UK and France represent  3,2% and  require 7.7% of refined oil, while China counts  correspond to   the 20 % of world population and consumes only 8% of global  fossil fuels production .

In order to safeguard our lifestyle and continue to improve  in next  the future ,we must find   new energy resources  and ,in order to attain  this goal, we must focused   our research on wide, inexhaustible ,easily accessible  and non polluting energy sources .

Sun ,wind, earth  ,water and hydrogen  are precious and  endless sources of  energy: this is the right way to  follow in  the future.

We can add also other types of energy recovery such as   biomasses ,.incinerators, turbines for waterworks flows, up to the energy release by people  running or walking in  airports or in undergrounds.

It will be essential, however, to contain our consumption by constructing high-performance machines and appliances as well as well-isolated houses.

But the huge energy requirements of mankind   which is more and more demanding must let us understand that only a correct scientific research policy can prevent a new middle age .>

Today we are obliged to maintain nuclear option by concentrating our efforts on safety, on the stocking of the fission systems’ waste as well as by investing  in the development  of the safer and inexhaustible fusion system.

In the next future we should try to keep in mind the words of  Mahatma  Gandhi  ”:Earth has  enough resources  for human needs ,not for human greediness”

traduzione di Donatella Toresi