Bryce then hits us with the horrific reality that roughly 3.3 billion people (45% of humanity!) still live today in places where annual per capita electricity consumption is less than 1,000 kilowatt-hours per year (kWh/yr) – about what his home refrigerator uses. These people barely survive in Unplugged countries.

Another 2.7 billion people (37%) scrape by in Low-Watt countries. Only 19% of all people on Planet Earth live in “High-Watt” nations (more than 4,000 kWh/yr) – the bottom threshold, says Dr. Alan Pasternak, the key dividing line below which countries cannot improve their Human Development Index

A major barrier, therefore, to electricity sufficiency for the Unplugged – and even the Low-Watt – nations is the lack of societal integrity, capital investment and affordable energy. Yet, to ensure that all humanity can reach its full potential – to liberate women from endless drudgery, enabling them to develop their innate skills and talents – requires that the human right to electricity be recognized and made reality.

EU website, 50M Euros suffer link

Euro climate policies put 54 million Euros into energy poverty link

Energy Poverty link

"More than 50 million households in the European Union are struggling to attain adequate warmth, pay their utility bills on time and live in homes free of damp and mould. Awareness of energy poverty is rising in Europe and has been identified as a policy priority by a number of EU institutions"

winter 2014...40,000 die in Europe from cold due to energy poverty link

3,000 die every year in UK because they can not afford to heat their homes link

Europeans too poor to heat their homes link

Fuel poverty killed 15,000 last year link

 roughly 3.3 billion people (45% of humanity!) still live today in places where annual per capita electricity consumption is less than 1,000 kilowatt-hours per year (kWh/yr) – about what his home refrigerator uses. These people barely survive in Unplugged countries.

Another 2.7 billion people (37%) scrape by in Low-Watt countries. Only 19% of all people on Planet Earth live in “High-Watt” nations (more than 4,000 kWh/yr) – the bottom threshold, says Dr. Alan Pasternak, the key dividing line below which countries cannot improve their Human Development Index.

Nearly 3 million elderlyin UK turb off heat because of high energy bills link

Renewables have nearly doubled the cost of electricity, hurting the poor the most link

One in three US households faces financial challenges in meeting energy needs. US Energy Information Agency link

886,000 California homes disconnected in 2016 from electric and gas service due to non payment, highest energy prices in nation link

High energy prices causing the poor to underheat their homes in the UK link