In the long run, much of the economic growth of developed economies is likely to involve less energy - intensive sectors because of demand - side factors such as 1) the amount of stuff people can physically manage is limited (even with rented storage space), 2) migration to areas where the weather is more moderate will continue, 3) increased urbanization and population density reduces energy consumption per capita, 4) there is a lot of running room to decrease the energy consumption of our electronic
devices (e.g., switching to clockless microprocessors, not that I'm predicting that
specific innovation), 5) telecommunication will substitute for transportation
on the
margin, 6) cheaper and better data acquisition and processing will enable less wasteful routing and warehousing of material goods, and 7) aging populations will eventually reduce the total amount (local plus distant) of travel per person per year.
The press release doesn't go into any
specific detail
on how this integration will work from an operations standpoint, but we can theorize that ZTE will put this Taboola feed app
on budget
devices to increase profit
margins.