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Environment & Energy

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts) Tue Jun 25, 2013, 04:17 PM Jun 2013

Global Energy, GWP and Population Growth: what happened in 1972? [View all]

The growth rates of all three measures of human activity - energy consumption, Gross World Product and global population - topped out between 1969 and 1975 (marked by the yellow shaded rectangle), and have been struggling for the last 40 years. 1972 seems to have been the year of peak growth in human civilization.

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Global Energy, GWP and Population Growth: what happened in 1972? [View all] GliderGuider Jun 2013 OP

The Oil Shock Demeter Jun 2013 #1

So that was the U S of A. What about the rest of the world? GliderGuider Jun 2013 #2

China instituted the One-Child Policy, and enforced it Demeter Jun 2013 #5

I'm not convinced, but I'll keep looking. GliderGuider Jun 2013 #6

Beats me. Iterate Jun 2013 #3

Hah! I knew it had to be Paul Ehrlich's fault! GliderGuider Jun 2013 #4

Ok, time to get serious Iterate Jun 2013 #7

Nice analysis. Thanks. GliderGuider Jun 2013 #8

My first thought was post war rebuilding also. kristopher Jun 2013 #9

Here's a look at a longer time series GliderGuider Jun 2013 #10

Try loading this. See if we're seeing the same thing. Iterate Jun 2013 #11

Here's what I see GliderGuider Jun 2013 #12

Interesting. Way interesting. Iterate Jun 2013 #13

Overall world energy use per capita stabilized in 1975 GliderGuider Jun 2013 #14

I remember Garrett Iterate Jun 2013 #15

I had similar questions about Garrett's 9.7mw number, so I wrote him. GliderGuider Jun 2013 #16

Yea, but those 7 billion individual Iterate Jun 2013 #17