At the shareholders meeting, Tillerson pointed out that fossil
energy raises the standard of living for people and asked, «What good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers in the process?»
Not exact matches
Per capita income in those nations has skyrocketed,
raising the
standard of living to unprecedented heights but creating ravenous new demand for
energy and natural resources.
No country has been able to reduce poverty and
raise standards of living without
energy.
Questions have been
raised about ventilation
standards under the government's new Warmth & Wellbeing scheme, which provides free
energy efficiency upgrades to people over the age
of 55
living in Dublin 12 and 24, who experience
energy poverty and are also suffering from respiratory conditions.
To add emphasis to your point about low cost
energy and world population; a sure method to slow population growth (birth rates) is to
raise overall
standards of living.