It's 2 fold, it is both a demand issue and a supply issue. Yes, we need to find a way to move away from oil. But, we also need to move away from decisions that

It's 2 fold, it is both a demand issue and a supply issue. Yes, we need to find a way to move away from oil. But, we also need to move away from decisions that lead to a stark increase in demand. Avoiding things like Car culture, building cities in deserts/tundra, beef consumption are just as important. This is especially true in the developing world. If per-capita energy demands in Africa / India / China gets anywhere close to Canada/USA/ Norway, then no amount of 'clean energy pivot' will be able to save us. But that change has to begin from USA/Canada/Scandinavia as global thought leaders. This pans out in statistics [1] too. There is clear clustering around car centric, sprawling & snow-clad regions. Japan, France, & Spain stand out as medium-consumption developed nations simply due to better urban planning & moderate climate. Taiwan and SK are the two headscratchers for me. I would have expected both to have similar consumption to Japan, no clue why they use so much energy per capita. Is it all air-conditioning ? [1] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-energy-use?tab=chart&country=IND~SWE~USA~FRA~ESP~JPN~CAN~AUS~NOR~KOR~TWN~MYS~NGA~BGD https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-energy-use?tab...