Electricity use is tightly linked to economic growth, for developing and industrial nations alike. And we're not referring to the electric toothbrush or those massage chairs in the Sharper Image catalog. Electrification is causally linked to improved health conditions and increased average life span. Increasing electricity use by this much is no mean feat. Electricity use and lifespan.
Environmentalists see increasing fossil fuel use to power electric plants as a health risk.
Electric demand is created by the use of electric technologies. Obvious, yet always overlooked. Legislators must recognize the positive health impacts of using electric technologies before making policy decisions. You cannot get the benefits of electric technologies if the market cannot afford the electrons. But those are the basics.