How does population growth contribute to rising energy consumption in America? |
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Authors: | Allan Mazur |
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Institution: | (1) Public Affairs Program, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University, 13244 Syracuse, NY |
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Abstract: | The contribution of American population growth to rising energy consumption is analyzed for the period 1947–91. Energy consumption is disaggregated into electricity and nonelectricity consumption, and by end-use sectors: residential and commercial, industrial, and transportation. Population growth has been relatively unimportant as a contributor to yearly fluctuations in energy consumption. However, whereas energy changes induced by nonpopulation factors are erratic, sometimes adding consumption and sometimes subtracting, population growth consistently adds to consumption. As a result, depending upon which energy sector is considered, population growth may have a dominant role in the longterm growth of consumption. |
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