Study on Energy Intensity and CO2 Emission Intensity of China' s Industry Sector from a "Dematerialization" Perspective
The accelerating industrialization of China and over-reliance on energy consumption for economic development have increased carbon emissions and worsened conditions in both resources and environment. This study firstly calculates the direct energy consumption, indirect energy consumption and complete energy consumption per unit of output of China's industry sector according to China's 2007 Input-output Table. The direct CO2 emission, indirect CO2 emission and complete CO2 emission per unit of output are also computed and the 29 industry sectors are classified into different categories. It is found that the intermediate products in the production process leads to large quantities of indirect energy consumption and indirect CO2 emissions, and thus a route for "dematerialized" development is presented at the conclusion.
direct energy consumptioncomplete energy consumptiondirect C02 emissioncomplete C02 emissiondematerialization