Investigating Cultural and Social Changes in Energy Consumption and Ways to Optimize it based on Social Capital in the Future of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The current article discusses the relationship between energy consumption patterns and social capital in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The present article is descriptive and analytical, and the library method is used. This increasing and uncontrolled energy consumption trend in our country have shown the unfruitfulness of policies to optimize the consumption pattern. The trend of energy consumption in the country has a social and cultural nature. This article, regarding the social capital concept, examines the cultural and social changes in energy consumption and its optimization strategies for use in future energy policy processes in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Based on the published official statistics, social capital in the Islamic Republic of Iran is high in the form of horizontal trust. Consequently, by manifesting the crisis in this field and aligning it with natural disasters, one can create extensive propaganda through non-governmental organizations and make people aware of its consequences at the national level. As so, it can be projected that people will be aware of the reduction of energy and fossil fuel consumption at this stage. In this way, the consumption of the people of Iran will approach the level of countries with advanced economies. In this way, in the form of the concept of social capital, three solutions were suggested to apply this concept as much as possible in energy consumption reduction policies, which include training and extending the optimal model of fuel and energy / The involvement of non-governmental and religious institutions.