How Industrial Societies Use Energy / A Comparative Analysis
- The John Hopkins University Press, 1977
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The author cautions that regional success in energy conservation is much more likely undertaken within a national program, in order to preclude ''border crossing'' evasion of restrictive measures, such as horsepower taxes or insulation standards. Foreword, Acknowledgements, Introduction and Quantitative Setting, Why International Comparisons?, Problems and Definitions in the Sectoral Approach, Comparative Patterns of Energy Consumption, Sectoral Approach, Household-Commercial Sector, Transport Sector, Industrial Sector, Input-Output and Final-Demand Analysis, Energy Embodied in Components of Final Demand, Consumption Expenditures for Energy and Related Items, Synthesis, Findings and Interpretation, Appendices, Tables, Figures, Index.