72. Energy Crisis and the Need for a Uniform Global Solution

Like water and food, electricity is considered one of the most basic necessities for everyone in the developed world. Our lives are fully electrified, from appliances at home, to the transportation sector, our work place, the elevators, the sports complexes, schools, shopping malls, media outlets and the information superhighway. The recent blackout in the Northeast US yet again demonstrated the extent to which we rely on the elusive kilowatt-hour – silent, invisible to the eye, and yet powerful enough to change our lives.