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Friday, December 22, 2006 |
CEPR: "'Are Shorter Work Hours Good for the Environment? A Comparison of U.S. and European Energy Consumption', by researcher David Rosnick and economist Mark Weisbrot, looks at the potential environmental effects of European and other countries adopting the U.S. norm of longer work hours. The authors find that the implications for global climate change could be significant.
'Old Europe' currently consumes about half as much energy per person as does the United States. If Europe were to adopt U.S. practices and increase annual work hours to American levels, the paper shows, they could consume some 30 percent more energy than they do at present. Not only could that impact fuel prices worldwide, but the resulting carbon emissions would make it far more difficult for the EU to meet its commitments to the Kyoto Protocol."
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© Copyright 2007 Hetty Litjens.
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