[IslandCrow]

Thanks to whoever it was who recently posted a link to the Human Development Report on GDP per unit of energy use

I have found that the main index of indicators contains some very interesting topics, some of which relate to energy use and Peak Oil.

Electricity as an energy carrier, is an important factor in moving from a high reliance on fossil fuel, and often surfaces in discussions about Peak Oil. Particuarly it surfaces when looking at Duncan's theories, where he stresses the amount of energy available for each person, rather than the total energy produced/mined/used.

A good background table for this discussion is Electricity consumption per capita (kilowatt-hours) This table compares electricity consumption between 1980 and 2003. In studying this over the weekend I am shocked by just how much per capita use has gone up in nearly every country in the world, and just how difficult/painful it would be to get the use back to were it was even in 1980.

The clear warm sunny spring day is having a hard time to cheer me up after looking at that report.

ps. To get an idea of how far countries might fall in the event of a collapse in oil/gas supplies, I found the following table of interest: Traditional fuel consumption (% of total energy requirements)

[Fredrik]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('IslandCrow', 'A') good background table for this discussion is Electricity consumption per capita (kilowatt-hours) This table compares electricity consumption between 1980 and 2003. In studying this over the weekend I am shocked by just how much per capita use has gone up in nearly every country in the world, and just how difficult/painful it would be to get the use back to were it was even in 1980.

The clear warm sunny spring day is having a hard time to cheer me up after looking at that report.