Brookes, then chief economist at the UK Atomic Energy Authority, argued that attempts to reduce energy consumption by increasing energy efficiency would simply raise demand for energy in the economy as a whole.
英国原子能管理局首席经济学家布鲁克斯（Brookes）认为，通过提高能源效率来降低能源消耗的尝试将简单地提高整个经济体的能源需求。