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@article{145147,
        author = {Dr.JAYADAS.S},
        title = {Energy Crisis - A Result of Human Overconsumption?},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {},
        volume = {4},
        number = {7},
        pages = {590-592},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=145147},
        abstract = {Energy crisis is defined as the situation that would arise when energy demands exceed energy supply. The world has witnessed a number of energy crises in the past. Different factors have contributed to world energy crisis at different times. Some contributing factors were wars, union strikes, government regulations and extreme weather conditions. Those were short-term emergency situations that got resolved once the underlying temporary cause was fixed.
This article aims to explore human overconsumption as the root cause of all the energy crises.Factors like wastage, consumerism, overindulgence and materialism result in overconsumption. Human overconsumption or in layman terms human greed if not controlled would result in a long-term energy crisis.It would also lead to environment degradation and disturb planet earth’s carrying capacity.
The need of the hour is simple living. Finite energy sources should be used minimally and only for necessities. People should start giving back to the nature rather than just taking from it. 
},
        keywords = {Energy Crisis, Energy sources, Fossil fuels, Human overconsumption, Consumerism, Materialism, Self sufficiency},
        month = {},
        }