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. 2008 Aug 26;105(35):12774–12779. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0806099105

Table 2.

Rates of changing intensity of use and impact and dematerialization during an early period of 1980/1995 and a recent period of 1995/2004

Region Intensity of use, change c %/yr
Early period, 1980/1995
Recent period, 1995/2004
DOE BP IEA DOE BP IEA
World −1.1% −1.1% −1.2% −0.7% −0.9% −0.8%
USA −1.9% −1.9% −2.0% −2.2% −2.2% −2.1%
China −5.2% −4.5% −6.0% −2.6% −3.7% −3.9%
India 1.5% 0.6% −1.5% −2.5% −1.4% −2.9%
Brazil 1.7% 1.2% 0.1% 0.5% 0.6% 0.8%
Indonesia 0.6% 0.1% −1.4% 2.7% 2.2% 1.2%

The rates for the world and five nations were calculated from reports by the DOE, BP, and CDIAC, and by the Reference and Sectoral methods of the IEA. Sources: World Bank (GDP), and named agencies.