Energy Efficiency: Regulation Vs. Price

Gar Lipow lipowg at sprintmail.com
Sun Mar 24 12:00:37 PST 2002


Here are the actual tables supporting regulatory stringency as more effective than price increases in promoting energy efficiency. If anyone with Wintel machine wants to play with the data, I currently have it in Excel and Lotus (including graphs).

By tomorrow I will have all this nicely laid out in pdf format that can be sent to any OS. I will also create a tab delimited text file to allow data import into any software. E-mail me if you want either the Wintel spreadsheet or the OS independent pfd and text file.

Energy Efficiency vs. Regulatory Stringency

Country Regulatory BTU/$ GDP

Stringency

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El Salvador -1.777 12,899 Bulgaria -1.563 84,807 Venezuela -1.371 49,614 Zimbabwe -1.353 21,000 Vietnam -1.349 35,287 Ukraine -1.322 101,315 Philippines -1.193 19,699 Mauritius -1.167 8,701 Indonesia -1.037 22,413 Colombia -0.922 24,077 India -0.881 25,309 Egypt -0.757 22,269 Peru -0.72 10,465 China -0.69 34,514 Thailand -0.665 19,650 Russia -0.652 72,133 Costa Rica -0.614 15,939 Poland -0.569 28,597 Greece -0.558 12,865 Slovakia -0.539 38,527 Czech Republic -0.488 34,345 Argentina -0.461 14,214 Chile -0.41 17,979 Mexico -0.341 17,766 Hungary -0.28 23,669 Jordan -0.261 35,246 South Africa -0.25 34,462 Hong Kong -0.128 7,090 Brazil -0.095 14,697 Malaysia -0.082 21,232 Italy 0.035 6,457 Israel 0.063 9,855 Portugal 0.083 11,909 Korea, South 0.145 17,313 Spain 0.422 8,707 Iceland 0.536 16,142 Ireland 0.712 6,717 New Zealand 0.855 15,102 France 0.898 7,324 Australia 1.006 11,268 Belgium 1.041 11,211 Japan 1.05 6,523 Canada 1.073 17,401 United Kingdom 1.087 8,366 United States 1.19 12,638 Germany 1.205 7,281 Sweden 1.236 8,460 Austria 1.323 7,217 Denmark 1.536 5,470 Netherlands 1.623 10,234 Switzerland 1.637 5,091 Norway 1.741 12,140 Finland 1.998 8,253

Energy Efficiency Vs. Diesel Price

Country Diesel BTU/$ GDP

Cents/Liter

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Indonesia 7 22,413 Venezuela 8 49,614 Egypt 12 22,269 Jordan 15 35,246 Malaysia 17 21,232 Russia 18 72,133 Colombia 20 24,077 India 21 25,309 Philippines 22 19,699 Zimbabwe 22 21,000 Ukraine 25 101,315 China 25 34,514 Vietnam 26 35,287 Thailand 27 19,650 United States 27 12,638 Costa Rica 28 15,939 Mexico 28 17,766 Chile 29 17,979 El Salvador 30 12,899 Israel 31 9,855 Mauritius 31 8,701 Peru 33 10,465 Brazil 34 14,697 New Zealand 39 15,102 South Africa 39 34,462 Canada 39 17,401 Iceland 40 16,142 Greece 40 12,865 Korea, South 41 17,313 Argentina 42 14,214 Poland 44 28,597 Australia 45 11,268 Bulgaria 52 84,807 Slovakia 54 38,527 Czech Republic 60 34,345 Hungary 64 23,669 Japan 69 6,523 Germany 69 7,281 Spain 70 8,707 Portugal 71 11,909 France 77 7,324 Finland 79 8,253 Netherlands 79 10,234 Austria 82 7,217 Sweden 84 8,460 Belgium 85 11,211 Denmark 85 5,470 Hong Kong 85 7,090 Switzerland 91 5,091 Italy 93 6,457 Ireland 102 6,717 Norway 110 12,140 United Kingdom 111 8,366

Energy Efficiency Vs. Gasoline Price

Country Gasoline BTU/$ GDP

Cents/Liter

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Venezuela 14 49,614 Indonesia 16 22,413 Colombia 24 24,077 Zimbabwe 26 21,000 Malaysia 28 21,232 Russia 28 72,133 China 28 34,514 Egypt 29 22,269 Thailand 30 19,650 United States 32 12,638 Philippines 34 19,699 Vietnam 35 35,287 Mexico 36 17,766 Costa Rica 41 15,939 Canada 41 17,401 Jordan 42 35,246 South Africa 43 34,462 Australia 46 11,268 Chile 49 17,979 Ukraine 49 101,315 El Salvador 54 12,899 Poland 54 28,597 Peru 55 10,465 India 56 25,309 Mauritius 59 8,701 Slovakia 61 38,527 New Zealand 64 15,102 Greece 65 12,865 Bulgaria 66 84,807 Czech Republic 72 34,345 Hungary 72 23,669 Brazil 80 14,697 Spain 84 8,707 Israel 86 9,855 Switzerland 86 5,091 Korea, South 93 17,313 Argentina 94 14,214 Germany 96 7,281 Japan 102 6,523 Portugal 102 11,909 Ireland 102 6,717 Austria 104 7,217 Denmark 105 5,470 Sweden 109 8,460 United Kingdom 111 8,366 France 111 7,324 Belgium 112 11,211 Iceland 112 16,142 Netherlands 114 10,234 Finland 117 8,253 Italy 119 6,457 Norway 121 12,140 Hong Kong 136 7,090

1 Global Environment & Trade Study: Research, Policy Building, and Intellectual Capicity Building since 1994

http://www.gets.org/gets/

Measuring environmental Performance - Table 7 Regulatory Rigor

http://www.gets.org/gets/library/admin/uploadedfiles/Measuring_National_Environmental_Performance_a.pdf

c:\download\measuring_national_enviromental_performance_a.pdbf

(Ranking based on GTC Questionare)

2 http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/international/iealf/tablee1g..xls

Table E1g World Primary Energy Consumption Per Dollar of Gross Domestic Product, 1980-1999

(Btu per 1990 U.S. Dollars Using Market Exchange Rates)

3 Gasoline and Diesel prices 1998 - cents/liter

http://www.zietlow.com/gtz/fuel.pdf



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