Social Issues
Energy use is determined by cultural, social and historical forces. A desire for high material standard of living, for example, implies a high demand for energy to produce goods and services. At the same time, different cultures place different values on the efficiency of resource use, leading to differences in the energy needs of societies that enjoy similar living standards. Cultural attitudes also produce technologies and polices that affect energy use, and also determine how society weighs the relative health and safety risks associated with different energy systems.
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