I was basing my comment on the UK, where currently natural gas and
petrol each represent more than twice the energy usage than
electricity. See chart 1.04 in
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/573269/ECUK_November_2016.pdf
It tends to be statements about energy usage in the UK that I tend to
encounter which are misleading.
I guess it will be different in other countries, for example countries
where this is less need for heating but more need for electricity for
air conditioning.
Nigel
On 03/06/2017 16:59, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Nigel Dyer <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Just considering electricity production and ignoring heating and
transportation is a very common way of misrepresenting how much
progress we are, or are not, making in reaching the point where we
have a fully sustainable set of energy sources
That seems kind of harsh. Electricity is a major portion of all
energy, and the sources and end use of electricity are relatively easy
to measure, so it is good metric for the whole of energy consumption.
