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Written by Steuart Campbell
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Friday, 24 August 2007 |
Struan Stevenson is mistaken ('Nuclear energy offers fuel for thought', 20 August); energy-saving measures do not reduce electricity consumption, as I pointed out in my Platform article on 27 February last year.
Due to various feedback effects, increased efficiency leads to greater
demand, as can be seen from the fact that (as an example) electricity
demand in the UK has never fallen and continues to rise at between 1
and 1.5 per cent per year.
Increased efficiency in energy use is desirable for various reasons,
but it should not be advocated as a way of reducing demand. In fact, it
is likely that demand can never be reduced.
Steuart Campbell |
