{"id":288,"date":"2012-01-31T15:22:18","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T15:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notechmagazine.com\/2012\/01\/energy-cannibalism.html"},"modified":"2012-01-31T15:22:18","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T15:22:18","slug":"energy-cannibalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/2012\/01\/energy-cannibalism.html","title":{"rendered":"Energy Cannibalism"},"content":{"rendered":"
Energy cannibalism refers to an effect where rapid growth of an entire energy producing (or conserving) technology industry creates a need for energy that uses (or cannibalizes) the energy of existing power plants or devices. For the deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies to grow while remaining net greenhouse gas emission mitigators, they must grow at a rate slower than the inverse of their energy payback time.<\/p>\n