# Quote — Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Grand Chessboard

> The world's energy consumption is bound to vastly increase over the next two or three decades. Estimates by the U.S. Department of Energy anticipate that world demand will rise by more than 50 percent between 1993 and 2015, with the most significant increase in consumption occurring in the Far East. The momentum of Asia's economic development is already generating massive pressures for the exploration and exploitation of new sources of energy and the Central Asian region and the Caspian Sea basin are known to contain reserves of natural gas and oil that dwarf those of Kuwait, the Gulf of Mexico, or the North Sea.

- Author: [Zbigniew Brzezinski](https://www.leafyquotes.com/zbigniew-brzezinski.md)
- Book: [The Grand Chessboard](https://www.leafyquotes.com/zbigniew-brzezinski/the-grand-chessboard.md)
- Page: 125
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