With 90 per cent of energy supplies based on petroleum, and all of it imported, the diversification of energy sources with an emphasis on renewables is imperative but difficult. The government is expected to decide on switching to a mix of alternative sources that include LNG, coal and renewables. The rich are potentially powerful enough to resist changes to their energy-intensive consumption patterns, though as green’ becomes more fashionable this potential is less likely to be actualised. The poor, on the other hand, are so preoccupied with survival issues that long-term considerations for the environment are difficult for them to address.