Environment & Energy

GliderGuider

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12. Here's what I see

Wed Jun 26, 2013, 11:30 AM

Jun 2013

For most of the countries I checked, the trails were more or less vertical (I went to lin-lin). This tells me that TFR (an "approxy" for te population growth rate) was falling, per-capita energy in each country remained more constant over the time interval. So, as population growth rates fell, and per-capita energy use remained constant, overall energy growth rates would fall as well. This seems to imply that population growth drives energy growth, at least to some degree. That's reasonable, as there is an adaptive feedback going in that direction.

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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