The pioneer study investigating the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth is by Kraft and Kraft (1978). Subsequently, scholars specifically concentrated on the relationship between electricity consumption and economic growth. Despite the fact that there is no agreement on flow of causality between electricity consumption and economic growth among scholars, the debate on causality between electricity consumption and economic growth can be summarized by four distinct hypotheses.
The growth hypothesis also known as, electricity consumption-led growth, affirms unidirectional causality running from electricity consumption to economic growth. Hence, a decrease in electricity consumption causes a decrease in real GDP. On the
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The results inferred that electricity consumption leads to economic growth. In a similar study, Altinay and Karagol (2005) used the Dolado-Lütkepohl causality analysis to investigate the relationship between electricity consumption and economic growth of Turkey for the period 1950-2000. The findings revealed unidirectional causality from electricity consumption to economic growth thus implying that electricity consumption was a leading indicator of the economic growth of …show more content…
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand during the period from 1971 to 2002. The causality tests indicated a strong short-run bidirectional causality relationship between electricity consumption and economic growth for Malaysia and Singapore. For Indonesia and Thailand causality run unidirectional from economic growth to electricity consumption.
Chen et al. (2007) re-investigated the relationship between electricity consumption and economic growth for 10 industrialized and low income countries of Asian region (China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand). The authors used panel causality tests based on the error correction model over the period 1971–2001. According to the findings, causality between electricity consumption and economic growth in the long run was bidirectional whereas in the short run, causality flowed unidirectional from economic growth seems to
Some of the measurements are examples of countries in the world such as China for example, that are working towards energy efficiency improvement. This is important to the SDG as China’s “economic growth resulted in [a huge] conflict of economic development and resource environment” (Pan, Zhang, and Zhang, 2012). Which means that it is a country that will have a huge, positive impact on the environment if it aims for an energy efficient way of life. Unfortunately, results obtained by the National Natural Science Foundation of China show that China still has a long way to go as its “six major energy consuming industries accounted for 72.4% of [its] total industrial energy consumption.” (Pan, Zhang, and Zhang, 2012)
In Robert Bryce’s article “The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence” he explains the depths of America’s delusional perception of energy independence and asserts his evident disapproval of the subject. He begins by mentioning past presidents and their verbal concerns of an upcoming energy crisis leading into the similar views held by America’s majority. The fact that energy independence will make America self-sufficient, create new jobs, keep U.S. soldiers out of the Persian Gulf, and result in a thriving economy has become a generally accepted attitude. Bryce claims that this attitude has escalated since the attacks of September 11th due to the numerous news stories proposing that “buying oil from the countries of the Persian Gulf
If more companies built solar panels then the price of solar panels would go down making them more affordable. Once that happens, more houses would have solar power which would greatly cut down on the production of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. Another way to be more Earth friendly is to use cars that are battery powered and not gas powered. This would again cut down on the gas being released into the air thus creating a cleaner environment. In every way possible, the idea of change and reformation will always affect our lives in positive or negative ways but it is inevitable and will catch up to us
The effects of cheap energy an how they have molded us to a generation that does not care to mind the outcomes of our actions. As discussed in the article, Pollan cites an analysis stating that if an individual were to drastically change their daily routine to a more
This is an effective argument because the main idea of this argument is preference. More people are becoming dependent on technology for their everyday needs, but there will always be some people who prefer paper. Therefore, the amount of newspapers may decrease but we cannot say they are going to be
The United States has used daylight saving time for about 100 years (Source A) in order to promote saving energy consumption (Source B). DST was first adopted after World War I, but then repealed a year later. Despite this, the US adopted a “war time” daylight saving time instituted during World War II. After this, many states adopted their own summer changes after the year-long shift had ended (Source A). In my mother’s sophomore year in college at Laurence Tech, she had a professor show up for class an hour late. The professor had not realized the time change, and wasted her students’ time.
It is fair to say that most would not want to live in a world without electricity, but if society cannot agree on an energy to use, this imaginary world could become a very real way of life. “Citizens and community members everywhere are seeking smart solutions to our biggest problem - the ecological collapse” (“Top 10 Pros and Cons” 1). The United States’ economy has been fueled by fossil fuels since the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s. Then, the early 1900s introduced a new, versatile source, oil. Through the 1950s, most Americans viewed rapid economic growth and high consumer spending as positive trends but this prosperity was fouling air and water and damaging natural resources.
In the article, “Forget Shorter Showers” by Derrick Jensen, the author shows the reader how they are not truly saving the earth by showering less, producing less waste or by limiting use of power. In fact, Jensen is placing the blame more toward a political based problem and more on the elites of the world who tend to blame the individuals. Jensen’s article tends to lean more toward the anti-capitalistic view of capitalism causing the earth to crumble due to the government and the elites of the world. These facts are proven by Jensen’s research into the actual use of energy consumption showing that individuals tend to use only a fourth of it, leaving the rest to be wasted away by the big corporations. Jensen also furthers his argument by showing the amount of waste used by citizens.
So, we can say that the positive impact on both short and long run. If a 10% increase in investment included 5.42 percentage rise in the income level of these regions. It proves the remittance had both contemporaneous as
Scientists have found that renewable energy is a path towards the future for a clean and safe environment. Throughout all the studies and findings, there is a continuing fret whether people should be able to use a traditional way of energy or renewable energy, solar power. Solar energy is seen to be effective since there has progressively been more places that are benefiting from solar usage; however there are also some who disagree. Solar energy sources are derived from natural sources and is implicated throughout our daily lives. From the lights in the streets to the computers we use at home.
• Private consumption is developing strongly; enhanced by increased consumer confidence and low inflation (Asian Develop Bank, 2015). • Sales in retail sector increased 9.8% in January – September 2015 compared with previous year (Bloomberg,
Through improving agriculture, export businesses, science and technology, Korea was able to improve living standards in all aspects and improve equality between citizens in terms of the Human Development Index, Gini coefficient, and Per Capita Income. This insured that the road for development in Korea was the right path to follow through improving all aspects of the economy. Although government intervention might be viewed as an incorrect way to achieve development, Korea and East Asia were able to achieve miracles in development in both impact and speed of achieving these growth rates. Since South Korea was able to replicate the Japanese model for development, with minor adjustments, this means other countries have the opportunity to achieve massive growth rates with further adjustments to be compatible with both their culture and economic
The Economic development in Italy The lack of coal as a primary energy source in Italy pushed the country to an industrialisation process totally different from the European pioneers of industrialisation. According to Toninelli (2010) the reliance on hydropower and later on on hydrocarbons was one of the main driver of the peculiar Italian economic development. As a consequence, the manufacturing firms were small energy efficient units, mainly located in the northern part of the country and they relied mostly on waterpower as energy resource.
According to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) “A green economy is one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities. In its simplest expression, a green economy can be thought of as one, which is low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive. ” This states that green economies are not based on demand for sacrifice, but on the idea of qualitative growth, where low-carbon and environment friendly technologies are utilized as well as international cooperation plays a key
Economic growth and economic development In measuring and identifying the factors that stimulate the growth of the economy of a nation such as the Republic of India, a distinction needs to be made between economic growth and economic development. For a nation to experience economic growth, there must be an increase in the gross domestic product (GDP), which is a qualitative measure of the value of all finished goods and services produced in that country within a period of time. However, economic development which is usually measured through the human development index (HDI), includes not only an increase in the output of goods and services, but an improvement in the welfare of individuals within a country.