Brunei: Public Urged To Adopt Low Energy-Consuming Lifestyle

The government is calling on the public to adopt a “ldwenergy consumption lifestyle” .and on parents to instil it on their children early on. Minister of Energy at the Prime Minister’s Office Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Utama Dato Seri Setia Awang Yahya Begawan Mudim yesterday said educating the public should not be limited to schools only but also in families.

“What better way to start than in the homes and with the parents? We must inculcate low energy-consuming lifestyle”, Pehin Yahya urged in his remark at the opening of an exhibition “‘on sustainable energy use, after noting “the complacency of those in Brunei regarding the use of hydrocarbon resources, even though such energy sources are in finite supply”.
Low electricity tariffs and heavy subsidisation of motor gas or gasoline have made Brunei one of the highest consumers of electricity and given it the most number of cars per head of population in the world, the minister said. Given the importance of hydrocarbon resources to the country, the minister suggested measures to pace development at a more sustainable rate. Overuse and abuse, of resources must stop, most effectively by placing a proper price on the use of such resources. The use of energy-efficient technologies and procedures also contribute.

Another measure is public education. Yet another option to be explored is the gradual induction of renewable sources of energy, he added.

Brunei Direct