Energy Conservation and the Rural Home: Economic Considerations for the Nation and the Individual

M. R. Janssen and National Rural Development Committee

No 340855, Economics Statistics and Cooperative Services (ESCS) Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Charts & Tables included: Domestic Energy Consumption by Type of Fuel, 1976 --- Table 1--Index of retail energy prices, specified years 1950-75 --- Domestic Demand for Refined Products and Crude Oil Production --- Domestic Crude Oil Reserves --- Oil Imports by United States --- Residential Use of Energy, 1975 --- Domestic Energy Consumption by Economic Sector --- Table 2—Projected savings that could result from the weatherization of 90 percent of the housing units in rural areas by 1985 --- Table 3--The relationship between fuel prices (1974) and the most economical amount of insulation needed to insulate an attic --- Table 4--Cost recovery time for installing specified attic insulation in different climatic zones, medium fuel costs --- Table 5--Number of occupied housing units using specified types of heating fuel, rural areas, 1975.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20
Date: 1978-06
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.340855

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