POVERTY IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO ENERGY SECURITY

As its my first post on My Vision 2020….
I thought it had to come from something that inspired me., and so here is it an extract of Rahul Gandhi’s recent speech on energy security.
He talks about the rural people , poverty and how its all connected to energy security.

The three most important issues by view of development .
The stories of Sasikala and Kalavati in drought hit Vidarbha and their need for power, which were raised by him made my gray matter think!!

“When I asked Sasikala whether her children would be successful. She said, ‘absolutely, they will succeed’.” “As I was walking out, I noticed no electricity in the house. I asked the children how do you study. They pointed to a little brass lamp and they said we study by that lamp.” “Energy security reflects itself in everyday life. It reflects on the industry, reflects itself among all Indians,” said Gandhi.
“India’s growth. And energy allows us to grow at nine percent and that growth is responsible for allowing us to help poor and make programmes for poor like those”.

“The point is if we don’t secure our energy our growth will stop,”

Development is an on going process but is only complete with growth from the grass root levels.
Nobody clearly knows whether this nuclear deal is beneficial for the nation or not, but The main case for nuclear power is a long-run one, to provide energy security. India needs to be at the cutting edge of this industry in case other power sources become unviable, making nuclear power absolutely essential. And to be at the cutting edge, India needs the Indo-US nuclear deal to end its technological isolation.
In sum, we face messy uncertainty today. Nuclear energy could be our only long-term saviour. But it could also be rendered irrelevant by the advance of solar or other energy sources. In such circumstances, we need to keep all options open, aim for a mix of energy sources, and try to be at the leading edge of all technologies. An important but little discussed part of the Indo-US nuclear deal is that it will enable India to participate in the international effort to develop fourth-generation nuclear power plants.
“The 2006 Expert Committee on Energy estimated India’s power needs at 960,000 MW by 2031-32, up from 144,000 MW today. This assumed a GDP growth rate of 9%, which is very optimistic. But if indeed India grows so fast, coal, hydel and non-conventional energy sources will meet at best 75% of India’s needs in 2030, and this proportion will keep declining as coal reserves deplete, which leaves an energy gap of 240,000 MW in 2031-32, which is far more than India’s entire installed capacity today. Nuclear energy alone can fill this gap,” says Kalam.

Energy security is the key issue towards sustainable development and usage of solar energy becomes the source of the future. So lets all pledge and save energy for future by using renewable sources of energy!