How Many Watts In A Day?

How much energy use would be reasonable, worldwide, on a watts per person basis? Scientists from the Swiss Council of the Federal Institute of Technology came up with 2,000 watts per day, or 17,520 watts per year. This, the average global usage, is about 10,000 watts less than the average person in the U.S and Canada uses daily. The 2000 Watt Society has a vision of every individual reaching this mark without lowering their standard of living.

In the envisioned 2000-watt society, quality of life will not suffer at all. On the contrary, aspects such as safety and health, comfort and the development of the individual will in fact improve, and income is expected to rise by around 60 percent over the next fifty years.

While some countries would have to become much more efficient, it provides room for others to use more. Roland Sultz, director of the project, is quoted in The New Yorker saying, “What is important, I think, to know is that the 2,000-Watt Society is not a program of hard life. It is not what we call ‘Gürtel enger schnallen’—belt tightening—it’s not starving, it’s not having less comfort or fun. It’s a creative approach to the future.”

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