for example a country with an abundant supply of renewable energy for power should choose to focus on energy efficiency measures in the sectors or at the times where fossil fuel is most needed in many countries this will mean targeting road transport the decrease in power generation needed to achieve this target varied by country according to fuel mix france for example relies predominantly on nuclear energy for power generation and would therefore need to decrease total power generation compared with in the netherlands these policies tend to target unemployment and other impacts of recession recessionary responses are best applied within particular sectors and are most usefully targeted when addressing specific surplus capacity