In the developed world, conservation and energy efficiency will remain for the next several decades the most important thing the world can do to get on a sustainable energy path. Developing countries, such as China and Brazil, need to leapfrog well past what we did in the West, like in the U.S., where we have sprawling suburbia and long commutes.
The report “Lighting the Way: Toward a Sustainable Energy Future” , addresses the challenge of bringing modern energy to everyone, while reining in global emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Currently, according to the International Energy Agency, the world is on a path to a 40 percent increase in oil-burning alone by 2030 that will lead to a concomitant rise in CO2 emissions of 55 percent.

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