Does increasing energy or electricity consumption improve quality of life in industrial nations

作者: Allan Mazur

DOI: 10.1016/J.ENPOL.2011.02.024

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摘要: Among the world's nations, per capita energy and electricity consumption is highly correlated with diverse indicators of quality life. This often interpreted to mean that additional causes improvements in life quality. Prior analyses cross-sectional data question this interpretation for industrial nations already have high consumption. The present analysis longitudinal shows among increases over past three decades are not associated corresponding

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