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I've been thinking a bit about demand destruction. It will happen in rich countries where there are easy substitutes (heating, a little power generation, some industry) and everywhere in poor countries (where oil is sadly overrepresented in both of the vital sectors heating and power generation).

But I haven't managed to find any info on global oil consumption by sector. Anyone having a nice grahp around so we can see where it's possible to cut down on consumption in just a few years and rather easily?

This is the best I can find, but it's not good enough.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Sun Dec 17th, 2006 at 05:17:23 PM EST


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by Jerome a Paris (jeromeguillet@yahoo.fr) on Sun Dec 17th, 2006 at 06:26:52 PM EST
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As you can see transport is the main use.. And how much of this use is needed for the transport of good or vital.. I think we can reduce 20% of oil use just by reducing the private non-essential trips.

I think we ahve a lot of slack ther to prevent a crisis in Europe... if we can control the private transport.

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by kcurie on Mon Dec 18th, 2006 at 07:12:50 AM EST
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While it's better than the one I posted, it's still not good enough. We need to see consumption by sector, not by type of petroleum fuel.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Tue Dec 19th, 2006 at 07:53:10 AM EST
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You keep asking for Leontieff matrices ;-)

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Dec 19th, 2006 at 08:01:25 AM EST
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Perhaps it's not exactly what you would expect, but it may help ...
Sorry, it's in french !
"Essence" = gasoline
"Gas-oil, fuel" = diesel, heating fuel
"Lubrifiants" = lubricants
"Pétrochimie" = petrochemistry

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by Baikal (baikal@no-log.org) on Wed Dec 20th, 2006 at 04:36:09 AM EST
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