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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49099)	9/17/2005 4:41:44 AM
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G-7 Economic Output grew from $13.4 trillion to $23.1 trillion. v/s G-7 Carbon Dioxide Emissions Overview grew relatively slowly – just 0.5% per year -- between 1980 and 2001, rising from 8,722 MMT to 9,697 MMT. Between 1980 and 2001, OECD real GDP grew by 2.6% per year, rising from $13.4 trillion to $23.1 trillion. The economic output of the G-7 countries grew slightly faster (2.7% per year). Because the G-7 countries experienced little population growth (just 0.6% per year), their economic expansion led to considerable growth in real per capita incomes (1.7% per year) during the 1980s and 1990s. Canada’s real GDP per capita grew the slowest (1.5% per year) between 1980 and 2001, but still increased by more than 36% overall. G-7 Carbon Dioxide Emissions Overview The G-7’s carbon dioxide emissions grew relatively slowly – just 0.5% per year -- between 1980 and 2001, rising from 8,722 MMT to 9,697 MMT. However, emissions growth accelerated during the 1990s, rising to around 1% per year. This rate increase reflects a number of factors, including: slowing energy savings in most sectors, less switching from carbon intensive fuels for electricity production (in some countries), rising household emissions, and dramatic increases in emissions from the transportation sector. Most of the absolute growth in G-7 emissions occurred in the United States. The U.S. accounted for 59% of all G-7 carbon dioxide emissions in 2001. Between 1980 and 2001, U.S. carbon dioxide emissions increased an average of 0.9% per year, rising from 4,742 MMT to 5,739 MMT. While U.S. carbon dioxide emissions grew the most in absolute terms between 1980 and 2001, other nations’ carbon dioxide emissions increased at similar rates. Italy, Japan, and Canada all had similar growth rates. Between 1980 and 2001, annual per capita carbon dioxide emissions in the G-7 fell from 14.2 metric tons to 13.8 metric tons. This decline echoes the experience of the United States, where per capita emissions decreased from 20.8 metric tons to 20.2 metric tons. The G-7’s total energy consumption grew an average of 1% a year between 1980 and 2001, rising from 142 quads to 174 quads. Of this increase (32 quads), nuclear, hydroelectric, and other renewables accounted for 15 quads. G-7 fossil fuel consumption grew almost 18 quads during this period, of which natural gas accounted for 11 quads, coal for 4 quads, and oil for 3 quads. While the G-7 used more of each type of fuel in 2001 than it did in 1980, the share of fossil fuels in overall energy consumption declined from 88% to 82%. The G-7’s fossil fuel mix also became less carbon intensive. Both oil's and coal's shares of total energy consumption declined, from 48% to 40%, and from 20% to 19%, respectively. Natural gas increased its share from 21% to 23%. The decline in oil’s share of G-7 energy consumption began in the 1970s in response to large oil price spikes. Despite the oil price collapse of 1985/1986, oil’s share did not recover to 1980 levels. During the same period, nuclear energy almost tripled its share of G-7 energy consumption, from 4% to 11%. Since the early 1990s, however, nuclear energy’s share has remained almost constant. The United States is by far the largest consumer of energy in the G-7. Between 1980 and 2001, U.S. energy consumption grew from 79 quads to 97 quads. Among the rest of the G-7, only Japan’s energy consumption was higher than 20 quads in 2001. eia.doe.gov