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The increasing cost of oil is harming energy-intensive industries such as steel and shipbuilding.
For instance, the service sector, which is less energy-intensive, grows relative to the manufacturing sector, resulting in a negative income effect on energy consumption.
Similarly, trade liberalization could encourage the expansion of wasteful energy-intensive activities in a country where subsidized energy prices persisted.
Although fuel consumption was very high, the common assumption that the cement industry was extremely energy-intensive has to be qualified.
The share of energy-intensive goods in total output declines and technological advancement makes production more efficient and less energy-intensive.
The emergence of non-ferrous metals among the most energy-intensive goods may be attributed to the high electricity intensity of their production process.
Thus, the energy-intensive industries, which were considered to be major polluters, were more carefully regulated by the local governments than other industries.
To create less energy-intensive systems, nitrogen-use efficiency must be increased by management systems that improve efficient means of fertilization, such as nutrient recycling and retention.
In terms of the total energy content embodied directly and indirectly in different products, the four most intensive ones belong to the sectors which have the most energy-intensive processes.
