Total world demand for oil is expected to increase about 27 percent in the period 1985-2000. Demand in the centrally planned economies should remain constant. Oil consumption in the industrial countries is expected to grow only 19 percent in the same period. But the demand in the developing countries should grow about 50 percent. No other group of countries will experience so great an increase in demand for oil. As a result of"industrialization"shifts from the industrial countries to the developing nations, oil consumption in the industrial sectors of less developed countries has remained predominant over their transportation sectors. This has important ramifications for fuel substitution, efficiency improvements, and other policies.
Download Info
To download:
If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the
proper application to
view it first. Information about this may be contained
in the File-Format links below. In case of further problems read
the IDEAS help
page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS
site. Please be patient as the files may be large.