Political forces are again mobilizing to interfere with the rational development of the U.S. and global energy systems.
Poverty is the most pernicious environmental and social pollutant.
Yet, energy abundance and the resulting economic, social, and environmental benefits and physical mobility seem to offend certain intellectual and political elites. In this presentation, it will be shown that the global energy system is moving steadily towards sustainability through electrification, decarbonization, and efficiency improvements, thanks to cost-effective technological advances driven by market forces. He served several years as a member of the Energy Engineering board of the National Research Council. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and, in Britain, a chartered engineer and Fellow of the Institute of Energy. He has served on many federal advisory bodies dealing with energy policy, technology, and regulation beginning with the Kennedy Administration and held a Presidential appointment during the Ford Administration.