Was rising energy and electricity usage in industrial nations (since 1960) due more to population growth or to other causes?

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-57

  Mazur, Allan ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity; Energy; Industrial nations; Population

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862170828     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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