Globally and at the national level, energy is still conceptualized and managed in terms of energy sources, not in terms of the energy services those sources provide. Yet consumers of energy services have no particular interest in what sources of energy fuel their production, transportation, lighting, heating, air conditioning, or appliances.
我们刚刚知道，过去一些不尽相关的问题，现在看起来也环环相扣，它们都和能源系统的管理缺失有着一定的关系。从全球或是国家层面来看，能源还是仅仅被看成是能源资源，不包括能源行业提供的相关服务。诚然，消费者对他们所使用的产品，运输，照明，加热或空调，设备来自何种能源不感兴趣。现有的僵化决策机制有些过时，特别是在当今高度灵活和快速变化成为主流之际。