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Energy and environment: the path of coexistence in Czecho-slovakia (1992)

Auteur	Marousek, SEVEn
Datum	juni 1992
Classificatie	2.33.0.00/06 (TSJECHOSLOWAKIJE - ALGEMEEN (tot en met 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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