attempts to limit energy use so that the growth in overall global energy use is slowed. Idealists wish to see absolute reduction in energy use but perhaps a lower per capita usage is a more appropriate goal. Strategies may be threefold:
abstention - people deliberately consume less
greater efficiency - either through new technologies or through changing habits
developing renewable sources of energy
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