Total energy cost of household consumption in Norway, 1973

Robert Herendeen

Energy, 1978, vol. 3, issue 5, 615-630

Abstract: The economic data of the 1973 Norwegian Survey of Consumer Expenditures are converted to their corresponding energy requirements. The relationship between total household energy requirements and disposable income shares three common features with that already obtained for the United States: 1.(1) The graph of total energy vs disposable income shows some tendency to saturate, but the effect is much less marked than for direct purchase of energy alone (residential energy and auto fuel).2.(2) Direct energy accounts for approx. 23 of the total energy for a poor family (disposable income in lowest decile) and approx. 13 for a rich family (highest decile).3.(3) There is strong evidence that urban life is less energy intensive (by about 10%) than rural life. Comparison shows, however, that the average energy intensity of household consumption is about 40% lower in Norway than in the U.S., reflecting the overall greater efficiency of energy use.

Date: 1978
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(78)90077-4

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