Tag Archives: China

The Close Tie Between Energy Consumption, Employment, and Recession

The number of jobs available to job-seekers has been a problem for quite a long tine now—since 2000 in the United States, and longer than that in Europe. If we look at the percentage of the US population who are … Continue reading

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World Energy Consumption Since 1820 in Charts

Figure 1 shows the huge increase in world energy consumption that has taken place in roughly the last 200 years. This rise in energy consumption is primarily from increased fossil fuel use. With energy consumption rising as rapidly as shown … Continue reading

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Observations based on my Trip to China

Sorry I was away so long. I was in Spain, and then China. Let me tell you about the China trip. One of the first things I discovered on the China trip was that I couldn’t write posts on Our … Continue reading

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