Problems of Fossil Fuels and the Advantages of Solar Energy

Some of the world's most impoverished nations face a new set of problems as the world moves into the 21st century that is separate from the "traditional" concerns revolving around over-population, health problems, pollution, and lack of resources. Now, they also face the lack of sufficiently advanced technology that can allow them to move into the future with the necessary tools for growth, prosperity, and sustainability. Despite all the advances of the 20th century and the burgeoning of the "information age," the inhabitants of those nations are facing difficulties every bit as severe as those faced by their grandparents under colonialism, dictatorships, or despotic governments.

Globalization does not and has not come easily. Rapid, large-scale transformations of industry, politics, finance, academia, and even pop culture and the corner market require transnational cooperation and social innovation. Wealthy and technologically nations have the moral responsibility to develop and share technologies and techniques for advancing economic, social, environmental, and security goals. This can be implemented by governments, corporation...