Coal is Key to Curing Energy Poverty

COAL IS KEY TO CURING GLOBAL ENERGY POVERTY OVER 1.3 7 Billion COAL people are without electricity. OVER "Access to energy 2.6 Billion is absolutely fundamental in the struggle against poverty.Without energy, there is no economic growth, people are without clean fuel cooking facilities. FROM 1990 to 2010 there is no dynamism, 832 Million and there is no opportunity." -Rachel Kyte, vice people gained access to electricity due to coal. president and special envoy for climate change, World Bank Coal powered electricity brought higher living standards to over twice the population of the United States For every person who obtained accesses to 13 were lifted out of electricity from non-hydro renewables en ergy poverty and gained access due to coal. Source: Manhattan Institute Energy Pollcy & the Environment Report No. 14 October 2014