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==Energy demand== | ==Energy demand== | ||
[[File: energy-demand-status-quo.png|border|alt=Energy uses]] | Categorized by end use:<br> | ||
[[File: energy-demand-status-quo.png|border|alt=Energy uses]]<br /> | |||
===Can this demand (or at least, most of it) be met without fossil fuels?=== | ===Can this demand (or at least, most of it) be met without fossil fuels?=== | ||
Short answer: No. | Short answer: No. | ||
Long answer: Not without [[energy supply scenarios|major technological breakthroughs]]. | Long answer: Not without [[energy supply scenarios|major technological breakthroughs]]. | ||
====But there is good news | Even worse: Most of the world is currently living in '''poverty'''. Suppose every country was as ''developed'' as ''western'' countries: [[energy demand scenarios|Global energy demand would be more than '''double''']]: | ||
[[File: energy-demand-if-developed.png|border|alt=Energy demand if everyone lived a first-world lifestyle]] | |||
====But there is good news==== | |||
If we [[minimal consumption scenario|did things differently]], then... | If we [[minimal consumption scenario|did things differently]], then... | ||
* | * Everyone on the planet could have a decent quality of life, and | ||
* | * Energy consumption would be just a fraction of what it is today. | ||
[[minimal consumption scenario|This | * Plus, people would be less [[labor|overworked]]. | ||
[[minimal consumption scenario|This might actually be the most viable route to net-zero carbon emissions]]. | |||