Simply stated, the use and cost of energy affects each of us every single day in any number of ways. Issues arise from the use of energy ranging from greenhouse gas emissions and acid rain to climate change and the dependency on depleting supplies of fossil fuels from politically unstable global neighbors.Currently 80 of the world’s electrical production comes from fossil and nuclear fuels, and virtually all transportation is fueled by liquid petroleum (gasoline), and The World Energy Council projects primary energy demand will triple in the next 40 years as populations grow and developing nations achieve higher living standards.By definition fossil fuels are nonrenewable and therefore destined to become depleted. With that, global economies will be forced to change. It’s projected that wealthy nations will be insulated a bit longer, but scarcity will ultimately create geopolitical tensions.Emissions from the burning of fossil and nuclear fuels create multiple layers of pollution — atmospheric, water, and land. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says this combustion is causing a discernible change of the global weather and climate patterns that will affect all humanity in decades to come.It is predicted that if the world remains status quo that the destructive environmental and societal trends will continue to worsen the quality of life for everyone. Some of the current negative trends include deforestation, desertification, climate change, pollution (as mentioned above), and overpopulation (which brings its own set of problems such as high infant mortality and illiteracy rates).