Energy conservation''means to reduce the quantity ofenergythat is used

for different purposes. This practice may result in increase offinancial capital
,environmentalvalue, national and personal security, and human comfort.
Individuals and organizations that are directconsumersof energy may want
to conserve energy in order to reduce energy costs and promote economic,
political and environmentalsustainability. Industrial and commercial users
may want to increase efficiency and thus maximize profit.
On a larger scale, energy conservation is an important element of
energy policy. In general, energy conservation reduces the energy
consumption and energy demand per capita. This reduces the rise in energy
costs, and can reduce the need for new power plants, and energy imports.
The reduced energy demand can provide more flexibility in choosing the
most preferred methods of energy production.
By reducingemissions, energy conservation is an important method to
preventclimate change. Energy conservation makes it easier to replace
non-renewable resourceswithrenewable energy. Energy conservation is
often the most economical solution to energy shortages.

TheU.S.is currently the largest consumer of energy, although there are a

lot of current levels of growth, it is possible that in the futureChinacould
become the leading energy consumer. The U.S. Department of Energy
categorizes national energy use in four broad sectors: transportation,
residential, commercial, and industrial.[1]
Energy usage in the transportation and residential sectors (about half of
U.S. energy consumption) is largely controlled by individual domestic
consumers. Commercial and industrial energy usage are controlled by
businesses. National energy policy has a significant effect on energy usage
across all four sectors

Mechanical energy (symbols EM or E) manifest in many forms, but can be

broadly classified into potential energy (Ep, V, U or ) and kinetic energy (Ek
or T). The term potential energy is a very general term, because it exists in
all force fields, such as gravitation, electrostatic and magnetic fields.
Potential energy refers to the energy any object gain due to its position in a
force field.
The relation between mechanical energy with kinetic and potential energy is
simply

Sound is a form of mechanical vibration which propagates through any

mechanical medium. It is closely related to the ability of the human ear to
perceive sound. The wide outer area of the ear is maximized to collect sound
vibrations. It is amplified and passed through the outer ear, striking the
eardrum, which transmits sounds into the inner ear. Auditory nerves fire
according to the particular vibrations of the sound waves in the inner ear,
which designate such things as the pitch and volume of the sound. The ear is
set up in an optimal way to interpret sound energy in the form of vibrations.

Thermal energy (of some state of matter - gas, plasma, solid, etc.) is the
energy associated with the microscopical random motion of particles
constituting the media. For example, in case of monatomic gas it is just a
kinetic energy of motion of atoms of gas as measured in the reference frame
of the center of mass of gas. In case of molecules in the gas rotational and
vibrational energy is involved. In the case of liquids and solids there is also
potential energy (of interaction of atoms) involved, and so on.
A heat is defined as a transfer (flow) of thermal energy across certain
boundary (for example, from a hot body to cold via the area of their contact).
A practical definition for small transfers of heat is

along with electric potential energy, provides the energy released from
nuclear fission and nuclear fusion processes. The result of both these
processes are nuclei in which the more-optimal size of the nucleus allows the
nuclear force (which is opposed by the electromagnetic force) to bind nuclear
particles more tightly together than before the reaction.

The gravitational force very near the surface of a massive body (e.g. a
planet) varies very little with small changes in height, h, and locally is equal
mg where m is mass, and g is the gravitational acceleration (AKA field
strength). At the Earth's surface g = 9.81 m s1. In these cases, the
gravitational potential energy is given by

solar use is intrinsically

underestimated as we don't know
how much passive solar energy is
used in heating, for example.
Fossil fuel use is 76%, or 88% without
fuelwood
Wind, solar, and geothermal total
about 1%.
Production and consumption of
energy is misbalanced
Production and consumption ratios: