Declining energy quality could be root cause of current recession, expert suggests

An overlooked cause of the economic recession in the US is a decade long decline in the quality of the nation's energy supply, according to an energy expert. Using a new measure of energy quality, energy intensity ratio (EIR), he shows the worst recessions of the past 65 years were preceded by declines in EIR.

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