An energy revolution is coming, but soon enough? The government
aims to slash emissions of carbon dioxide by 60% from 1990
levels by 2050. About this aim Tony Blair said, "this implies a
massive change in the way we produce and use energy".
Fortunately he went on to assure the British public that "we are
committed to this change". With growing emissions in the
service, domestic and transport sectors the government has an
enormous task on its hands. In fact the only real decreases seen
in energy use in the UK have been due to the movement of heavy
industry abroad, merely giving the responsibility for these
emissions to someone else. The only significant decreases in
carbon intensity of power generation so-far has been due to
moving from coal to more efficient gas power stations, the so-
called 'dash to gas' which was itself responsible for the UK
meeting its Kyoto targets by the late 90`s. The transport sector
is probably a subject in its own right, however there are
certain synergies between it and the energy,