Energy and sustainability in the 21st century: the case of Brazil

This paper emphasizes that the Brazilian energy policy in the early decades of the century focused excessively on oil is a mistake due to being in a transition of environmental energy paradigm on the base of productive and focused on the global society to build a sustainable energy sources. We need to prioritize and implement the strategic management of the energy matrix, seeking diversification and growing, significantly, the share of renewable energy sources with the directors of the new environmental-energy paradigm. Gradually, it should meet the needs and realities of each context regional and national levels, taking into account the energy base, the universe of natural resources, the production structure, the technological potential available and the needs of growth and development economical.