“The best way to use energy is not to use it” said Gert Jan Kramer, Shell Global Solutions, in the opening session of the Eco-Efficiency Conference.
He outlined three ‘hard truths’, looking at the future until 2050:
1. surge in energy demand
2. supply will struggle to keep up
3. environmental stresses are increasing: not only climate change, and not only for fossil fuels
His conclusion: efficiency gains will not do the trick. New? No, Jevons’ Paradox said so in … 1862!!