Increasing Supply Will Not Solve Energy Crisis
4 June 2001 - 12:00pm
Evar D. Nering, a mathematics professor,explains why increasing supply will not solve the nation's energy crises.
"I must emphasize that reducing the growth rate is not what most people are talking about now when they advocate conservation; the steps they recommend are just Band-Aids. If we increase the gas mileage of our automobiles and then drive more miles, for example, that will not reduce the growth rate.Reducing the growth of consumption means living closer to where we work or play. It means telecommuting. It means controlling population growth. It means shifting to renewable energy sources."
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Source:
The New York Times, June 3, 2001
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