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The Decline of America: Energy Policy (II)


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 Kilograms of motor gasoline eonsumed per capita, 1989; and  
average annual percentage growth of oil imports, 1982 to 1988:  
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                    GASOLINE CONSUMED    GROWTH OF OIL  
COUNTRY                 PER CAPITA       IMPORTS (%)  

United States               1,272            7.2  
Canada                        947          -62.1  
Australia                     741          -25.0  
Switzerland                   531            2.0  
Sweden                        515           -8.3  
New Zealand                   485           -4.4  
Germany                       456            1.3  
Netherlands                   437            2.4  
Norway                        433          -20.9  
United Kingdom                421           -7.3  
Finland                       417            0.6  
Austria                       344            0.7  
France                        344           -0.7  
Belgium                       296            1.1  
Denmark                       294           -9.0  
Japan                         254            1.4  
Ireland                       236           -1.5  
Italy                         229           -1.0  
Spain                         195            1.4  

Sources: United Nations, Energy Statistics Yearbook 1989 (New York: United  
Nations, 1991), pp. 194-207. World Competativeness Report 1991, published  
by IMD International, Lausanne, Switzerland, and World Economic Forum,  
Geneva, Switzerland, p. 287.  

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[Transcribed by Joe Woodard <jhwoodar@well.sf.ca.us>] 
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