Ukraine uses 138, 000 BTUs of energy for every dollar of GDP--roughly 30 times the level of consumption in Japan.
They find that a rise in the level of consumption of rich households leads to more spending by the non-rich.
These households will arrive at retirement with insufficient wealth to maintain the average level of consumption enjoyed over their working life, let alone the increased standard of living enjoyed after the children leave.
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The International Energy Agency forecasts that the world will consume 28 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2030, nearly twice the current level of consumption.
Or he might decide to work a little more so he can maintain the same level of consumption that he did before the tax increases.
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The optimal level of investment is the rate that generates the highest sustainable level of consumption over time.
This would be enough to meet domestic demand for 170 years at the current level of consumption.
The rather low download speed of the iPhone 4S is widely regarded as the reason why the most advanced Android phones used to have roughly double the mobile data consumption level of the iPhone 4S during 1H12.
The average level of daily coffee consumption is slightly less than two cups, according to the study.
The Earth could not sustain this level of consumption under even the most optimistic assumptions about future advancements in technology and science.
"Experts in the oil industry have been saying for a number of years now that there is not enough oil left in the ground to continue our current level of consumption, not to mention no way to meet growing demand, and we can expect half as much oil available to us in the next 20 years, " said Andy Kunz, president and CEO of the rail association.
That got the building to a consumption level of 41.5 kiloBtus per square foot.
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Assuming extra investment increases output by progressively smaller amounts as the capital stock expands, then at some point extra investment will reduce, not increase, the long-run sustainable level of consumption.
Yes, it was as if an entire generation of Americans consented to hopping aboard a giant hamster wheel of accumulation, all striving toward the imaginary objective of acquiring enough stuff and a pot of money big enough to sustain a comfortable level of consumption through to the grave.
Humans have already exceeded the planet's ability to sustain their level of consumption, known as Earth's carrying capacity, by about 20 percent, Carter claimed.
At the national level the balance of primary incomes makes gross income, i.e. before deduction of consumption of fixed capital, equal to Gross National Income (GNI).
Gross value added is calculated at the level of branches of the economy as the value of output of goods and services less the value of intermediate consumption.
Defying the trend in the rest of the United States, Californians have kept their energy consumption per capital at about the same level since 1974, according to the Washington Post.
More research is being conducted on this subject, but what seems clear in any case is that a reduced level of BDNF is bad news for our brains, and chronic sugar consumption is one of the worst inhibitory culprits.
The benefits come from needing fewer jobs for a given level of consumption rather than more.
"I do feel guilty about our level of consumption so it is good to reduce the impact, " she added.
The USDA said Wednesday the U.S. supply of soybeans will decline by Aug. 31 to 140 million bushels, a reserve equal to 4.2% of annual consumption, which would be the tightest level in about three decades.
If consumption remains at the 2010 level, they will have accounted for 35% of electricity needs.
This means that there is plenty of scope for a rapid rise in consumption, if only households can become confident enough to lower their saving rate to the 12% level of the early 1990s and use up some of their past savings.
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