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Why World Coal Consumption Keeps Rising; What Economists Missed
A primary reason why coal consumption is rising is because of increased international trade, starting when the World Trade Organization was formed in 1995, and greatly ramping up when China was added in December 2001. Figure 1 shows world fossil … Continue reading
Posted in Alternatives to Oil, Energy policy, Financial Implications
Tagged China, coal, economists, fossil fuel, India, international trade, Kyoto Protocol, oil leverage, recession
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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
Thoughts on why energy use and CO2 emissions are rising as fast as GDP
In a recent post, I discovered something rather alarming–the fact that in the last decade (2000 to 2010) both world energy consumption and the CO2 emissions from this energy consumption were rising as fast as GDP for the world as … Continue reading
Is it really possible to decouple GDP Growth from Energy Growth?
In recent years, we have heard statements indicating that it is possible to decouple GDP growth from energy growth. I have been looking at the relationship between world GDP and world energy use and am becoming increasingly skeptical that such … Continue reading
Posted in Energy policy, Financial Implications
Tagged decouple, EROI, GDP growth, Kyoto Protocol
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