South Korean President calls for "a green way of life"

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Addressing the nation, President Lee Myung-bak calls for energy efficiency as it will yield results faster than development of new technology.

by : Morten Andersen

Depending almost entirely on imports for its energy supply, South Korea is one of the countries projected to be most affected by a future of scarce and expensive energy resources. While alternative technologies will need to be found, President Lee Myung-bak encourages a greener way of life as a first effort.

“There is something more important than green technology, and that is a green way of life,” Lee said in a national radio address according to news agency Xinhua, while adding that “it is easier for individuals to change into a green life than to develop green technology in terms of time and money.”

President Lee Myung-bak said a 10 percent reduction in energy consumption would equal 1 billion US dollars saved on imports.

Last week, South Korea’s Presidential Committee on Green Growth presented a range of greenhouse gas mitigation scenarios for 2020 for the government to choose from.

source : en.cop15.dk via WWF_Climate twitter

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In most developed countries it's the manufacturing and other industry sectors that consume majority of energy and the amount of energy general population uses for living (home appliances, heating etc.) is very marginal amount compared to that. I suspect that this applies also to South Korea, but no country ever wants to start restricting their industrial sector's energy usage even though it would have the biggest impact on that issue.