And our electricity problems were the result of poor political leadership and corrupt companies, but that is a subject for another thread


Actually, it's a lot worse than just that. The USA consumes 25% of the World's energy with just 4% of the population, and 65% of the US' electricity comes from coal, which is a limited resource.

IIRC from the Discovery programme I watched recently, it is estimated are that the global consumption is currently 10TW, and the predictions suggest that figure will quadruple by 2030, as India, China, Pakistan and other populous developing countries all get their cars, TVs, computers etc.

They can't see any way to easily produce 40TW, even taking into account oil, coal, solar energy, wind and nuclear sources.

But you're right...this is a discussion for another thread