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India’s Energy Security Through Space By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)

Originally published in the PINNACLE, The ARTRAC Journal, Vol 19, 2020, Pages 165-179 The formatting of the article is not great but the content is!  The Fundamentals   Population . By 2100 the global population will be around 10 billion.    Compared to the present population, it is approximately 40 to 50% greater [1]  (see fig 1). Indian population is set to rise from 1.3 billion to a peak of    1.6 billion between 2050-75  [2] (see fig 2). That is about a 20% increase.                                      Figure  1  World Population By Region                                                   Figure  2  Indian Population   Energy and Growth . Energy is fundamental for growth, and progress. If population grows as estimated, global energy requirement is estimated to double by 2100. If the population growth is conservative, energy requirements will still grow    by 25-30% [3]  (see fig 3).    However the availability of energy and other resources will start decreasing. It is estimated th