Energy in the New Zealand household, 1974–1980

N.J. Peet, A.J. Carter and J.T. Baines

Energy, 1985, vol. 10, issue 11, 1197-1208

Abstract: We evaluate those economically-traded forms of energy which are consumed in the home in New Zealand, either directly as fuel or indirectly embodied in the goods and services that add up to material lifestyle. The methodology involved using data from our energy analysis of the N.Z. economy, and household expenditure survey data from the N.Z. Department of Statistics. Over the period of the survey (1974–1980), average per household consumption of energy decreased by 19% and per capita consumption by 11%. In any year, household energy consumption (both direct and indirect) was closely related to after-tax household income; gasoline consumption was the only area of expenditure that increased faster than income. The principal conclusion of this study is that, even without improvements in the technology of energy use, the overall demand for consumer energy for direct or indirect household consumption in N.Z. is likely to increase at a much slower rate than increases in real income and significantly more slowly than in the past.

Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(85)90036-2

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