The recent commodity boom was the longest and broadest of the post-World War II period. Although most prices have declined sharply since their mid-2008 peak, they are still considerably higher than 2003, the beginning of the boom. Apart from strong and sustained economic growth, the recent boom...

The aim of this article is to indicate the upper limit of the annual energy demand in China, taking into consideration regional demand trends and projecting these trends into the distant future. The upper limit of energy consumption is not strictly the maximum amount of consumption. It means...