Energy demand growth is passé
Energy demand growth is passé / François Lévêque, Ecole des mines de Paris, EU energy policy blog, 23/09/2012
http://www.energypolicyblog.com/2012/09/23/energy-demand-growth-is-passe/
While politicians are trying to figure out how to get the economy growing again, a growing number of energy efficiency experts are working equally hard to bring energy demand growth to a permanent halt. We are, of course, not talking about the developing world, but the advance economies that use large amounts of energy on a per capita basis, and by some measures, have already reached or may bed approaching demand saturation levels…