Energy C2C Create 2 Consume

So much for conservation. Global energy use set to explode

A new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts that global energy growth will increase by 53 percent between now and 2035, largely because of demand from countries outside the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

The International Energy Outlook 2011 ties most of the growth to the fact that it believes established economies will grow more slowly after the current recovery than after past recoveries. If you look at the figure below, you’ll see that the break-even year for energy usage by both groups of nations looks to be around 2008. By 2015, non-OECD nations will be using noticeably more energy than the OECD group, the report indicates.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/green/so-much-for-conservation-global-energy-use-set-to-explode/18995

Energy Conservation For The Home

Cisco Exits Energy-Management Software Market‎

The hard-to-budge habits of the American energy consumer claimed another casualty in the smart-grid space last week as Cisco Systems decided to shut down its building energy management business.

This adds Cisco Systems to the growing list of companies who tried and failed to convince energy consumers to conserve power. At the end of June, Google’s PowerMeter and Microsoft’s Hohm similarly went the way of the stagecoach.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2011/08/14/cisco-exits-energy-management-software-market/