Hydrocarbons will no longer be a resource of the future in the long term. New resources capable of replacing oil and new modes of consumption to ensure the distribution of energy, not only territorially but above all on a global scale, will be decisive in meeting the exponential demand for our energy needs. It’s a subject as crucial as it is complex, and one that the GEAB team has just revisited in its latest issue of June 2024:
Energy, electricity, natural resources: Will the needs of AI cannibalize the needs of humanity? (GEAB 186, 15/06/2024)
Figure – Trends in global electricity consumption, by region. Source: IEA (extract from GEAB 186)
Energy is certainly available in sufficient quantities today to cover our needs, but these are increasing exponentially as our lives become ever more interconnected. Optimisation therefore appears to be one of the ways of mitigating the risks of energy shortages, which are increasingly hanging over our heads like a Sword of Damocles.
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