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Substitution of information for energy

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Publication Title

Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, ISEE

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.2007.369387

ISBN

142440861X

Abstract

This paper examines the substitution of information for energy in the U.S. regional economy during the 1990s using input-output (IO)-based methods. On the basis of the analyses of three-segment IO models for the years 1990, 1995, and 2000 at three levels of geographic scales, it was found that: 1) the Information segment grew much faster than the other two segments, 2) as input factors for production, energy became more dependent on information while information became less dependent on energy, and 3) U.S. regional economies experienced a marked informatization1 process in the 1990s, especially in the Sun Belt. More studies at a variety of spatial and temporal scales are needed to comprehend the trend, mechanism, and policy implications of this informatization process.

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