APEC energy report card
Sep. 5th, 2007 by AlThe latest projection of energy supply in the Apec region in 2050 will sourced from:
Coal:29%
Oil :31%
Gas:25%
Nuclear:9%
Hydroelectricity:2%
Biomass and others:4%
It seems that given the growth rate of asia pacific , the demand of energy will definitely surged but it’ sad to say that we can’t even weaned off from oil and coal by 2050.As you see, the main energy supplies are still fossil based and will contribute very much to the emissions of the greenhouse gases.
So far no concrete steps are taken by the asian countries to move away from fossil energy for cleaner renewable technologies that can keep pace with the rapid growth of the economies.However the leaders are becoming more aware of the introduction of the renewable energy , the toughest challenge remains to be seem on how to integrate and implement them on a mass scale where most region are poor and economic issues take a forefront over environmental ones.
Consumption of high growth countries in emerging economies always seem to be going head on with green conscious living, the lack of public awareness,, tendency of growing middle class to live like their western counterparts will be a thorny issue for years to come.To invade into the personal domain of their people telling them not to have more than 1 child, on how not to spend on needless consumer items seems to run against free market and democratic principles.But there is no easy solution if we were to survive in our resource scarce world of increasing demand.
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