Can We Really Decouple Living Standards from Energy Consumption?

Can We Really Decouple Living Standards from Energy Consumption?

Posted: 08 Jun 2015 07:32 AM PDT

This article takes a critical look at the assumption that we will be able to decouple further increases in living standards from increases in energy consumption. Data from the the main developed regions suggests that achieving this goal will be more difficult than most people assume.read morehttp://theenergycollective.com/schalk-cloete/2231916/can-we-really-uncouple-welfare-growth-energy-growth?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29