After the nasty price shocks and shortages in the 1970s, U.S. industrial consumption of natural gas plunged by 30%.
Industrial consumption has actually dropped from 61.6% in 1970-71 to 38% in 2008-2009.
The average price realized by Anadarko from its natural gas sales has started to rise after witnessing a steep decline in 2009 due to sluggishness in the global economy that caused a decline in commercial and industrial consumption.
The average price realized by Anadarko Petroleum from its natural gas sales has started to rise after witnessing a steep decline in 2009 due to sluggishness in the global economy that caused a decline in commercial and industrial consumption.
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These days, nothing exports, consumption, industrial orders, property prices is headed in the right direction.
The demand for water originates from four main sources, namely, agriculture, production of energy, industrial uses and human consumption.
Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, energy consumption per person in the U.S. has crept ahead at 3% per year.
Demand for natural gas is set to rise in the U.S. as power plants and the industrial sector increase their consumption of the fuel.
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Much of the U.S. economic data over the last month has been softer than expected, raising concerns about future consumption of industrial commodities such as copper.
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"The trade data (shows) that external demand still remains weak, which is widely-known to the market, so I think investors will pay more attention to indicators that reflect companies' business operations, profitability and revenue growth, such as industrial production and power consumption, before they make up their mind, " said Dongxing Securities analyst Sun Zheng.
Britain now suffers among the highest rates of alcohol consumption in the advanced industrial world, and unlike in most countries, boozing is on the upswing.
Industrial production is falling sharply, and consumption continues to disappoint.
China's industrial sector accounts for 70% of total energy consumption.
During these years, the American economy transitioned from its focus on industrial production to support the war effort, to one led by consumption.
He is unimpressed by those who say that economists have been advocating similar consumption taxes for half a century without persuading the government of a single industrial country to adopt one.
Mr Cavey calculates that the metals industry accounted for 40% of the growth in electricity consumption in 2001-07, but only 16% of the increase in industrial production.
He says this will create regional jobs, increase resource security, reduce consumption of non-renewable resources, increase material efficiency and prevent carbon emissions and industrial waste - all on a big scale.
Turkmenistan also has a population of only about 5 million, and little real domestic industrial activity, which means that the domestic demand for this energy is quite low, at a consumption rate of 21 bcm in 2009.
Industrial and commercial concerns have more to gain than homeowners, who have less financial incentive to monitor their daily energy consumption.
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If U.S. consumption of goods from China, Japan, South Korea, Germany, etc, drops precipitously, the industrial miracles of these countries collapse rapidly.
As a result, creation as much as consumption becomes a deeply personal experience, not one alienated or fragmented like so many of our experiences post Industrial Revolution.
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