Arbeitspapier

Understanding Long-Term Energy Use and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the Usa

We compile a database of energy uses, energy sources, and carbon dioxide emissions for the USA for the period 1850-2002. We use a model to extrapolate the missing observations on energy use by sector. Overall emission intensity rose between 1850 and 1917, and fell between 1917 and 2002. The leading cause for the rise in emission intensity was the switch from wood to coal, but population growth, economic growth, and electrification contributed as well. After 1917, population growth, economic growth and electrification pushed emissions up further, and there was no net shift from fossil to non-fossil energy sources. From 1850 to 2002, emissions were reduced by technological and behavioural change (particularly in transport, manufacturing and households), structural change in the economy, and a shift from coal to oil and gas. These trends are stronger than electrification, explaining the fall in emissions relative to GDP.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Nota di Lavoro ; No. 107.2006

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Decomposition
Environmental Kuznets Curve
USA
History
Energieträger
Energiekonsum
Kohlendioxid
USA

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Tol, Richard S.J.
Pacala, Stephen W.
Socolow, Robert
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
(wo)
Milano
(wann)
2006

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

Datenpartner

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Tol, Richard S.J.
  • Pacala, Stephen W.
  • Socolow, Robert
  • Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)

Entstanden

  • 2006

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