Domestic energy use

It is easy enough to describe and even quantify domestic energy use as it has changed over the centuries and particularly since 1900, but it is much more difficult to assess how these changes have affected society, culture, and individuals for better or for worse. Ruth Schwartz Cowan argued in More Work for Mother (1983) that this new domestic technology resulted in the disappearance of domestic ser-... 

See also-. Climatic Effects Consumption Domestic Energy Use Electric Motor Systems Electric Power, Generation of Electric Power, System Protection, Control, and Monitoring of Electric Power Substations Electric Power Transmission and Distribution Systems Government and the Energy Marketplace Regulation and Rates for Electricity. 

Cogeneration Technologies District Heating and Cooling Domestic Energy Use... 

For the entire economy, with its countless services and inputs, economists usually define the service or economics efficiency as the entire GDP (Gross Domestic Product) divided by E, the annual total primary energy used Economic Efficiency = GDP/E. 

The E/GDP for the United States has sloped steadily downward from 18,000 to 11,000 Btu/. Europe and Japan are typically only half as energy-intensive as the United States. An explanation is that, during their development. Western Europe and Japan were petroleum-poor compared to the United States, so energy use was perceived to imply imports (and risk of supply disruption) and trade deficits. Thus, they adopted tax policies to conseive energy. The United States took the opposite path to stimulate economic growth, domestic oil and gas production was subsidized. 

Develop improved materials, processes, and practices that will allow reduced energy use per unit of gross domestic product. 

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It is argued that these countries have shown a lower ratio of energy use to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or Gross National Product (GNP) and lower per capita energy consumption while maintaining the same standard of living as the United States. I... 

With its large size, the chemical industry is a large user of energy, and it consumed about 7 percent of all domestic energy and about 25 percent of all energy used in manufacturing. In 1985, the industry used 3,567 trillion Btu, in... 

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