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This book, sponsored by the Stockholm Environment Institute and
first published in 1992, presents a detailed analysis of changes in
world energy use over the past twenty years. It considers the
future prospects of energy demand, and discusses ways of
restraining growth in consumption in order to meet environmental
and economic development goals. Based on a decade of research by
the authors and their colleagues at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in
collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute, it presents
a wealth of information on energy use and the forces shaping it in
the industrial, developing, and formerly planned economies. The
book provides an invaluable overview of the potential for improving
energy efficiency, and discusses the policies that could help
realize the potential. While calling for strong action by
governments and the private sector, the authors stress the
importance of considering the full range of factors that will shape
realization of the energy efficiency potential around the world.
This book focuses on the evolution of energy-using activities in a dozen industrialized countries and many developing countries as well, with particular attention paid to the energy-intensive branches of manufacturing, automobiles, air travel, home heating, and electric appliances. The authors draw scenarios of future energy efficiency improvements, based on their findings about past improvements, and their survey of the potential for change. The study concludes that only massive improvement in energy efficiency in the near and medium term can provide the world with breathing room to develop and deploy a mix of relatively clean energy sources that will not further aggravate environmental or climate problems.
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