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Energy and environment: the path of coexistence in Czecho-slovakia (1992)
| Author | Marousek, SEVEn |
| Date | June 1992 |
| Classification | 2.33.0.00/06 (CZECHOSLOVAKIA - GENERAL (untill 1992)) |
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1. FOREWORD The Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (CSFR) is an industrialized country with nearly 16 million inhabitants and an area of 128 thousand km2. The country consists of two republics - the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. Unfortunately, the former system of central planning and a poorly-structured economy have led to a very high level of energy intensity. The centrally planned economy in Czechoslovakia was an important part of the armament process in socialist countries. Industry was concentrated in heavy machinery. Steel production reached 1 ton per capita - the second highest per capita production in Europe (after Belgium). In Communist ideology, the energy sector was denoted as a key strategic branch whose development had the highest priority. As a consequence of this kind of development every unit of generated GDP, Czechoslovakia consumes twice as much energy as the average West European country (1). In 1989, Czechoslovakia consumed 3137 PJ of primary energy sources. This breaks down into 200 GJ per capita consumption, a figure which ranks among the highest in Europe. (1) Using current exchange rate energy intensity in CSFR could seem to be four times higher then in West European countries. In this article there was used a comparison based on purchasing power parities. This method enables to compare energy intensity without distortions in economic output caused by weaker position of economies in transition on international market.
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