From 2009 to 2010, there has been a staggering 5% increase in world energy consumption. The cause has been a renewed demand for energy in industrialized countries which had experienced a sharp decrease in energy demand in 2009. The trend converges with a continuous trend in China in India where energy consumption shows no sign of slowing down but only increasing.
As a result of the economic crisis, 2009 saw the first reduction in world energy consumption for 30 years. In Europe, CIS, and North America, energy consumption shrank by 5%, 8.5%, and 4.5%. China’s energy consumption on the other hand, has only been increasing, regardless of the economic crisis. In 2009 its consumption increased by 8%, leading China to become the world’s largest consumer of energy, consuming 18% of the world’s total. That’s a hell of a lot of led gu10 bulbs!