The Link Between Energy and Human Activity
By: International Energy Agency
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9789264181793
Subjects: Force and energy; Power (Mechanics); Power resources; Ecology; Euthenics; Nature and nurture; Adaptation (Biology)
Description: Energy use patterns and trends are shaped by the decisions of hundreds of millions of individuals, households, and organisations. Understanding this complex fabric of energy use, and the consequent carbon dioxide emissions, is vital to developing effective policies in support of energy security, economic prosperity, and environmental protection. This book illustrates how indicators can extract from that fabric the most important links among energy uses, behaviour, the economy, and government policy. It explains how energy use has evolved in the past and what is influencing it now, and provides insights on what could shape it in the future. This represents an important step in better understanding the link between energy use and human activity.
Table of contents: title: 1. Overview; title: 2. Indicators; title: 3. Houses, Factories; title: 4. Travel, Services; title: 5. Driving Forces; title: 6. Policy Making