A very interesting and informative talk: Dr. Gwynne Dyer – Geopolitics in a Hotter World – UBC Talk Transcribed (Sept. 2010)

https://spaswell.wordpress.com/2016/11/18/dr-gwynne-dyer-geo...

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important to remember that our current systems (no pun intended) are hugely wasteful. I forget the exact statistic but losses from the point of generation to your wall socket are something crazy, like 30%-50%. That's not including lunacy like refrigerators that open like cabinets rather than drawers (spilling all the cold air on the floor and filling the box with warm air. Some fridges have heaters in the door. It's true.) or pilot lights (little flames that burn 24/7 just in case you might want to cook at midnight or whatever.)

Efficiency would solve about half of the problem, in re: energy.