{"id":1697,"date":"2010-05-28T15:18:52","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T15:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2026-03-19T12:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:02:09","slug":"rethink-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/2010\/05\/rethink-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Rethink Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Last night Michael Schaal, of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/\">U.S. Energy Information\u00a0Administration <\/a>spoke about the outlook for future energy demand in the world and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Some of what he reported will not surprise you; we&#8217;ve heard a lot of this before.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Even with increased interest in renewable fuels, most of our energy needs will be met by fossil fuels.<\/li>\n<li>Demand increases with population and income, so demand is expected to increase in China, Russia, and India.<\/li>\n<li>Technology is helping us find new sources of fossil fuels.<\/li>\n<li>Technology is also helping us save energy; for example, the energy savings from more efficient appliances\u00a0have helped keep\u00a0US energy demand steady, even as we\u00a0use more gadgets like cell phones and laptops.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Schaal pointed out that the projections are based on \u00a0current laws and technology, and that there is potential for change, both from legislation like cap and trade, as well as our own consumer choices.<\/p>\n<p>For planners seeking to redesign communities to be more energy efficient, he stressed that turning around infrastructure is a long process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Last night Michael Schaal, of the U.S. Energy Information\u00a0Administration spoke about the outlook for future energy demand in the world and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Some of what he reported will not surprise you; we&#8217;ve heard a lot of this before.<\/p>\n<p> Even with increased interest in renewable fuels, most of our energy needs will be met by fossil fuels. Demand increases with population and income, so demand is expected to increase in China, Russia, and India. Technology is helping us find new sources of fossil fuels. Technology is also helping us save energy; for example, the energy savings from more efficient appliances\u00a0have helped keep\u00a0US energy demand steady, even as we\u00a0use more gadgets like cell phones and laptops. <\/p>\n<p>Schaal pointed out &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/2010\/05\/rethink-energy\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[47,142,36],"class_list":["post-1697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-planning","tag-energy","tag-rethink-montgomery","tag-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1697"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11024,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697\/revisions\/11024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}