Energy and Labor Use by Rural Manufacturing Industries. Rural Development Research Report No. 26

摘要

Energy use was weighed against labor use in 450 manufacturing industries to help judge the effect on jobs of rationing energy during a shortage. In 1975, over one-half of manufacturing energy was used by 32 industries employing less than 5% of manufacturing labor. Nonmetro areas, where manufacturing is the largest employer, had over one-third of US employment in industries with a high energy-to-labor ratio, larger than their one-fourth share of all manufacturing employment. Regionally, the South Central and Rocky Mountain States accounted for about one-third of high energy-to-labor employment, but only one-sixth of all manufacturing employment. (ERA citation 07:014858)