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Article: Electricity and the American Economy.
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- The Energy Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 1991
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Electricity and the American Economy
Sam H. Schurr, Calvin C. Burwell, Warren D. Devine, Jr. and Sidney Sonenblum, Electricity and the American Economy (New York: Greenwood Press, 1990), 443 pages.
The oil shock of 1973 forced many analysts to recognize that little was known about how different forms of energy were used in the U.S. economy (or elsewhere). One standard concern was forecasting electricity consumption in various years. Primary references at that time were several works coauthored by Sam Schurr. Schurr's work, as well as the work of many others of the time, tended to stress aggregate measures. In one of his most significant contributions, he ...