DIVERGENCES IN MANUFACTURING ENERGY-CONSUMPTION BETWEEN THE NORTH ANDTHE SOUTH

During the past 20 years, there has been a growing delinking of indust rial production from energy use, that is, an increase in industrial ou tput accompanied by a substantial decline in total energy consumed. Th is delinking of energy and output, which has occurred mostly in the de veloped countries, has resulted from a shift in the industrial base aw ay from highly energy intensive materials processing industries toward s lower energy intensive high technology industries, the emergence of the service sector, and the adoption of energy conservation and energy efficiency measures.