Unless you've been living under a rock, next to a pineapple, and your name is Patrick, you already know the world is using up way too much energy.
That’s why we should take public transport and buy green electronics.
But where exactly is this energy going anyway, and who's using the most? Pikachu?
World energy is consumed by 4 sectors: Commercial, Residential, Transportation, and Industrial.
The first sector uses 12% of world energy, while our shavers, television and James Bond gadgets eat up 18% of the world's energy.
Men can fly now, and travel faster than horses ever could, but it’s not a beautiful miracle. Even our trash needs transportation.
Globalisation means that our goods are crossing the globe as well, and all the distance travelled is translated into consuming 20% of the world’s energy.
The last and definitely not least is the industrial sector, which consumes the last 50%.
But it’s not a shocker.
Our societies are becoming increasingly consumerist; we want more and more things everyday. The latest iPhone, and a new wardrobe all translate into increased demand for stuff.
That means factories and companies will want to make more stuff to sell to us.
But no one is looking at the behind the scenes of how our pretty new things are made. That means companies are free to operate at the lowest cost they can, which equals to robbing the environment for new resources, and using them wastefully.
Where does our energy come from? They can come from traditional sources, such as oil, or from alternative sources such as oil alternatives or wind.
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