But most of those actually working to reduce energy consumption say pessimistically that we now live in an open society, and consumption cannot be forcibly repressed. It will be very difficult to try to slow the development of electrical power through reducing consumption.
可惜大部分從事節能工作者卻又悲觀地表示，這是開放的社會，無法抑制他人的消費，很難靠節約能源來降低電力開發。