02291nab a2200193 4500 20260520000810.0 260224s2008 xxu Energy and economic growth Grounding our undertanding in physical reality dic. 2008 25/03/2009 ; 25/03/2009 4 p. ; 4600-4604 Transcripción del resúmen publicado por el autor: This article attempts to summarise the complex, wide ranging and unresolved debate within the economics literature on the possibility of decoupling economic growth from energy use. It explores the difference between neo-classical and ecological economic worldviews and highlights how the ecological economic approach attempts to ground its analysis within the physical limits implied by the laws of thermodynamics. Once these laws are accounted for, the possibility of decoupling economic growth from energy use seems more limited than neo-classical economics implies. Analysis of empirical evidence also demonstrates that observed improvements in GDP/energy use ratios in the USA are better explained by shifts towards higher quality fuels than by improvements in the energy efficiency of technologies. This implies a need to focus on decarbonising energy supply. Furthermore, where energy-efficiency improvements are attempted, they must be considered within the context of a possible rebound effect, which implies that net economy-wide energy savings from energy-efficiency improvements may not be as large as the energy saved directly from the efficiency improvement itself. Both decarbonising energy supply and improving energy efficiency require the rapid development and deployment of new and existing low-carbon technologies. This review therefore concludes by briefly outlining areas of economic thought that have emerged as a result of engagement between economists and experts from other disciplines. They include ecological, evolutionary and institutional economics, all of which can make policy-relevant contributions to achieving a transition to a low-carbon economy. 12 Energy Policy 36 ARTICULO Ockwell, David G. 40630 Economía energética 2014 169339 169339 0 0 0 0 237158 BAAB BAAB 2026-03-05 200044138 0 200044138 2026-03-05 15:11:32 2026-03-05 ARTICULO