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The Energy Internet / Kandeh K. Yumkella, Project Syndicate, 27/01/2014http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/kandeh-k--yumkella-proposes-three-coalitions-that-could-catalyze-the-third-industrial-revolutionIn the next 20 years, almost three billion people will join the middle class, propelling global demand for more and better housing, televisions, cars, food, water, energy, and myriad other goods and services. But, with increasing strain on the planet’s resources, meeting this demand could carry massive environmental costs from pollution and global warming. How, then, can the world sustain economic development and reduce poverty without fueling a catastrophe?...