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The recent trend of the demand and supply of energy in Japan has been reviewed, and its long-term outlook has also been presented.
The recent energy consumption in Japan has been increasing steadily since 1986, which reflects economic activities. Such increment in our energy demands has been supplied only by oil. It does not seem that the supply of the other energy sources can be variable flexibly.
According to a long-term energy outlook by Advisory Committee for Energy expected energy demands in the fiscal years of 2000 and 2010 are 597 and 666 million kl, respectively. To attain this, the increasing rate should be suppressed to 1.8%per year until 2000, and to 1.1% thereafter by means of cogeneration, recycling of resources, and utilization of effluent heat and energies of water resources. Tosuppress the amount of CO₂ discharged, considerable amounts of coal and oil should be replaced by natural gas, nuclear power, and new energy sources.