I saw this one coming… The Venezuela thing.
Not in the exact way it played out — but at a high level. Because I understand that energy, access, and opportunity are inevitably linked.
If you’ve ever seen my LinkedIn headline, you’ve probably noticed it includes “Energy, Access & Opportunity 💡”.
That wasn’t accidental. It’s the lens through which I analyze the world, the missions I align with, and the pillars around which I built Green Quotient Solutions and its service offerings.
Coincidentally, it’s also the framework through which I’ve been watching the situation around Venezuela unfold.
I’ve followed Venezuela closely for years because — Hello? Proud Guyanese here. And this was well before many people, especially Gen Z, learned that it holds the world’s largest oil reserves or heard terms like “resource curse” for the first time. And what moments like this make clear, yet again, is how energy (power, in every sense), access (rights and control), and opportunity shape the trajectory of entire societies and individuals.
When Venezuela had access to its own power, it had influence.
It was once the richest country in Latin America, among the wealthiest in the Western Hemisphere, and able to invest heavily in infrastructure, hospitals, housing, and universities — raising the overall quality of life for its citizens. It also held real sway in global oil markets and, by extension, global politics.
The same dynamic plays out at the individual level.
When people gain access to the energy sector through education, employment, or investment, it shapes how they vote, what policies they support, how they spend, and how they think about the environment and future generations.
Ultimately, it shapes their quality of life.
The opportunity to gain money, influence, and power through proximity to energy is exactly why nations fight over it — and why access to it has fueled so many global conflicts.
On a smaller scale, that same access is what allows local governments and communities to make decisions that can create immediate, tangible change.
Any body that can access power gains authority in a world that depends on it — and being armed with energy education expands what’s possible.
That’s why building Green Quotient Solutions has been so fulfilling. Through education and services for students and local governments, I get to show — in practical terms — how understanding energy can shape decisions, wallets, futures, and opportunity, both locally and globally.
A lack of understanding of how power operates — and how it’s leveraged — keeps people from accessing the fullness of what’s possible.
Read that again.
So maybe I didn’t crack a code, but I do think my perspective is one worth paying attention to.
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