Providing decent living with minimum energy: A global scenario

[Pantagruel]

1. Will never happen:

"We find that global final energy consumption in 2050 could be reduced to the levels of the 1960s, despite a population three times larger. However, such a world requires a massive rollout of advanced technologies across all sectors, as well as radical demand-side changes to reduce consumption – regardless of income – to levels of sufficiency."


Too complicated and expensive. But a simple albeit draconian global mandate ,
"one child" families , could reduce consumption and combined with technology and sustainability efforts might stabilize the situation. Frankly , I think we're doomed.