Energy keeps our technology thriving and maintains the lifestyles to which we’ve gotten accustomed. While energy supplies increase, we never concerned ourselves with prioritizing or choosing parts of our lives, of our civilization, that merits retention.
Pakistan’s energy supply has hit a wall. The citizens want to retain and augment their energy hungry lifestyle but they are unable to afford it. In response, they are decreasing hours worked by government personnel, banning lit billboards and forbidding all-night wedding parties. With this, they hope to save 1500 MW a day even though their present shortfall is 3668 MW (about 4% of consumption). Their energy crunch time has arrived.
Pakistan is one country and they may be able to fund additions to their energy supply and distribution system. They may not. As the reserves of non-renewable energy diminish world-wide how will our species respond to the decrease in energy supply? What will we choose to keep and what will we choose to let go when the crunch time becomes global?
