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| The Textile Magazine
APRIL 2012
spinning
A megatrend supports the initial
arguments for this. Population, in-
dustrialization and prosperity are
growing in emerging markets such
as China and India. The huge energy
requirement in these textile produc-
tion centres pushes up global energy
consumption. Estimates suggest that
this will rise by around a third from
over 500 to 700 quadrillion btu (one
btu = 1 055.05585 joules) by 2030.
At the same time, climate change
and related global protection agree-
ments are putting brakes on the uti-
lization of fossil fuels, resources of
which could be exhausted anyway
in the foreseeable future. Nuclear
power has only a limited future fol-
lowing the nuclear reactor catastro-
phe in Fukushima, while alternative
renewable energy sources such as
solar power and wind energy must
first become better established eco-
nomically.
These dynamics are making en-
ergy more expensive, causing local
supply bottlenecks and amplifying
Anyone seeking financial success today must think ecologically, produce
sustainably and be efficient and sparing with energy and resources. This
trend can be exploited satisfactorily, especially in the textile industry
where production and marketing of natural cotton fibres are involved.