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How can energy use be reduced? - Coggle Diagram
How can energy use be reduced?
Individuals?
Public transport
Need to make it cheaper than using a car
Heating
Turn it down/off when not at home
Insulation - prevents heat escaping
Turning off lights - or using motion sensor lights
Encourage people to walk or cycle
Push people to use electric cars
Food - Reduce food miles. Distance which food travels from produced location to where it is eaten/.
Organisations
Light sensors
Using energy efficient devices e.g. machines
Transport
Using electric vehicles such as trucks
Remote working options to reduce energy use on commute
Encoruage people to cycle to work - cycle to work scheme, installing showers and bike storage. Removing of car parks/charging in car park
Providing people with money to use public transport e.g. rail season ticket loan
Governments
Taxes - Increase tax on fuel so people use cars less
Energy sources - building more wind turbines and hydroelectri schemes.
Congestion charging - getting people to pay to drive into the centre of cities e.g. London
Providing subsidies e.g. for insulation, for elcrtci cars, for public transport. This will make it cheaper for people to use and do these things
Building cycle lanes and pavements in cities.