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> 1MWh/capita annum Oh this is fascinating! I never thought of this but of course energy consumption per capita is going to be an indicator of how industrializ
by chx 6y ago
> 1MWh/capita annum
Oh this is fascinating! I never thought of this but of course energy consumption per capita is going to be an indicator of how industrialized a country is. I briefly checked the two countries I am a citizen of (Canada, Hungary) and counterchecked with one of the poorest countries I know of (Chad) and the numbers are as expected: 14.6, 4.1, 0.013 (oof).
- saeranv 6y agoYes, and for this reason (IIRC) GDP/capita scales linearly with MWH/capita.
- abyssin 6y agoOn the topic of energy, I find this correlation fascinating as well: https://jancovici.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/petrole_graph5.jpg https://jancovici.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/petrole_gra.... Oil consumption predicts GDP. Complete article: https://jancovici.com/en/energy-transition/oil/is-the-price-of-oil-driving-the-economy/ https://jancovici.com/en/energy-transition/oil/is-the-price-...
- cryptonector 6y agoNow think about what it means to do with less energy. Energy availability is wealth.
- FeloniousHam 6y agoI highly recommend Energy and Civilization[1], the most engrossing dry recitation of facts I've ever read. [1] https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/energy-and-civilization https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/energy-and-civilization