Inequality in distribution of energy resources among countries

The rate of progress of energy resource development in many developing countries has been quite inadequate both in relation to their potential endowment as well as their requirements for various kinds and types of energy. This is particularly the case for the least developed, low-income, energy deficient developing countries where even the basic knowledge of resource occurrence is extremely sparse and fragmentary. Compounding the problem is that developing countries have, almost without exceptions, faced considerable economic difficulties during the last few years, which have overshadowed all other developmental concerns, including energy. Also, many have lacked the financial resources necessary for a certain degree of autonomy in planning the development of the energy sector, and have also lacked the manpower resources to staff the various functions needed to support integrated energy policy-making.

Per capita commercial energy consumption in developing countries is only 2% of that of the developed world.

1. The large scale generation of electricity has built Western nations might and dramatically assisted in elevating its stand of living, all at the expense of our global environment. Meanwhile, the lack of inexpensive electrical power is a part of keeping developing countries poor, relatively unproductive, debt ridden and hungry. Maldistribution across time zones exacerbates peak and valley demands. Maldistribution between developed and developing countries hinders world trade and contributes to the debt crisis and low standards of living in the third world.

1. Maldistribution of productive capacity
2. Maldistribution of energy consumption
3. Inequitable access to natural resources
4. Geographically disadvantaged countries

1. Unequal distribution of production among countries
2. Underdevelopment of countries
3. Prohibitive cost of electricity
4. Neutrality
5. Lack of integrated energy resource management
6. Hunger
7. Environmental pollution
8. Energy dependence and vulnerability
9. Energy crisis
10. Dumping radioactive substances
11. Dependence on oil
12. Deforestation
13. Competitive acquisition of arms
14. Acidic precipitation

1. Inadequate facilities for the transport of electrical energy
2. Inadequate energy supply infrastructure
3. Energy-inefficient cooking stoves

1. Long-term shortage of electric energy
2. Insufficient energy equipment
3. Ideological war

1. Restricting electrical energy
2. Reducing inequality of distribution of energy resources among countries
3. Importing energy
4. Distributing available electrical energy

1. Maldistribution
2. Inequality
3. Equality
4. Energy
5. Deficiency