ENERGY FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD - World Resources Institute
ENERGY FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD - World Resources Institute
ENERGY FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD - World Resources Institute
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Figure 7. Per Capita Energy Use Rates for Cooking With Wood and High-Quality Energy Carriers<br />
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For both wood stoves and stoves using high-quality energy carriers, the per capita energy use rate is expressed<br />
in Watts (an abbreviation for Watt-years per year). For wood it is also given in tonnes of dry wood<br />
per year, assuming 1 tonne of wood = 18 gigajoules, so that 1 tonne per year = 570 Watts.<br />
Source: J. Goldemberg, et ah, "Basic Needs and Much More with 1 kW per Capita," Ambio vol. 14, no. 4-5 (1985): 190-200.<br />
now used, identified ongoing structural<br />
economic changes that will shape energy demand,<br />
and explored technically and economically<br />
feasible ways to use energy more<br />
efficiently.<br />
Our analysis indicates that the global population<br />
could roughly double, that living standards<br />
could be improved far beyond satisfying<br />
basic needs in developing countries, and that<br />
economic growth in industrialized countries<br />
could continue, without increasing the level of<br />
global energy use in 2020 much above the present<br />
level. The level of global energy use identified<br />
in our scenario is far below the doubling<br />
or tripling of global energy use projected in<br />
conventional energy analyses. (See Figure 9.)<br />
Our scenario is not a prediction but, rather, a<br />
statement of what is technically and economically<br />
feasible. It could come about, facilitated<br />
by appropriate public policies.<br />
Yet, why should attention be given to alter-<br />
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