1st Edition

Energy Conservation And Economic Growth

By Charles J. Hitch Copyright 1979
184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

In this volume, eight energy experts address the question of how much energy conservation can contribute to national energy supplies and how it will affect economic growth. The authors differ in their assessment, some taking a pessimistic and others an optimistic view of conservation's ability to mitigate the damping effect of higher energy costs. They assign varying roles to conservation and... Read more

Introduction -1 The Imperative of Energy Conservation for Economic Growth 2 The Consistency of Economic Growth and Energy Conservation Technology -3 Energy and Full Employment -4 Lessons of History and Other Countries -- 5 Post-Petroleum Prosperity 6 The Fable of the Elephant and the Rabbit? -- 7 Adjusting Capital Stock to Higher Energy- Using Efficiencies

Biography

Charles J. Hitch (Author)