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Energy and labor use by rural manufacturing industries. Rural Development Research Report No. 26

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6046103
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.
Research Organization:
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC (USA)
OSTI ID:
6046103
Report Number(s):
NP-2900149; ON: DE82900148
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English