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GDP
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productivity of country; totale value of goods and services
GDP per capita= average value of good and services produced by each person (indicator of quality of life) |
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Energy intensity
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rel. b/w energy consumption and growth in GDP
-industrialized countries: weak link, growth in energy demand lagging behind economic growth -developing countries: like more correlated; energy demand parallel with economic expansion |
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differences in energy consumption result of
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-efficiency of industrial, transportation, commercial and residential energy
-climatic/geographical areas -lifestyles -nature of the products produced |
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fastest growth for energy demand
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developing Asia, China, India
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U.S.
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worlds largest energy producer, consumer and net importer
1st in worldwide reserves of coal 6th in ww. reserves of natural gas 11th in ww reserves in oil |
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reserves
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resources that can be recovered economically with application of extraction technology available currently or in future
only recoverable energy |
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resources
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energy known to exist or suspected to exist irrespective of technical or econoic viability
sub set of resources |
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US's consumption, reserves will last..
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petroleum: 2.9 years
natural gas: 9.2 years coal: 242 years |
