Política Mexicana e indicadores de sustentabilidad

Abstract

This article analyzes Mexico's national energy policy, especially its implications within the framework of sustainable development, using a methodology adapted on the proposal of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, together with other organizations, and designed around the issues of autarchy, robustness, productivity, electricity coverage, satisfaction of basic energy needs, relative purity in the use of energy, participation of renewable sources and the scope for fossil sources. The result is that although some indicators show an improvement, the average value for 2006 is less than in 1997, pointing to the distancing of Mexico's energy system from sustainability criteria.