states' electricity use continued to grow steadily. Similar patterns can be seen in non-electric energy, industry, and … transportation. What accounts for California's apparent energy savings? Some credit the strict energy efficiency standards for ….S. population towards warmer climates of the South and West; (2) relatively small income elasticity of energy demand in California …

states' electricity use continued to grow steadily. Similar patterns can be seen in non-electric energy, industry, and … transportation. What accounts for California's apparent energy savings? Some credit the strict energy efficiency standards for ….S. population towards warmer climates of the South and West; (2) relatively small income elasticity of energy demand in California …

use of a new source of energy. Pre-industrial societies had access only to very limited energy supplies. As long as … mechanical energy came principally from human or animal muscle and heat energy from wood, the maximum attainable level of … productivity was bound to be low. Exploitation of a new source of energy in the form of coal provided an escape route from the …

scholars in this field, particularly in relation to Asia. This volume includes four chapters on energy and the environment of …