Energy consumption and economic growth: Does it accord with the allometric scaling law in biology?

Energy consumption plays an important role in economic growth. It has been reported that the pattern of energy use in human economies possesses the same form as the biological relationship governing the amount of energy required by animals for their base metabolism, namely the relationship is charac...

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Main Authors: Jiayu Wang, Wei Han, Guotong Liu, Rongxue Ma, Shuao Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Energy Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484721010210