Energy conservation — what price a local initiative?

1 January 1986

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

Vol. 1 (3) , 42-48
https://doi.org/10.1080/02690948608725859

Abstract

With the collapse of oil prices, shortages and long term increases in energy prices seem far away, and conservation is the last thing on our minds. Thus, national energy supply monopolies encourage the use rather than conservation of energy, whilst the alleged prospect of a long-term increase in electricity demand is used to justify investment in nuclear power. This article examines how decentralisation and a greater local involvement in national energy policy could overcome this contradiction. It also finds that the conservation strategies developed, after the oil crisis of the 1970's, in several other countries have, surprisingly, no British equivalent.

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An energy-efficient future: A strategy for the UK
Energy Policy, 1986