摘要: The report explores the possible impacts of hypothetical scenarios of higher fuelprices on six large energy-intensive industries subject to foreign competition: basic chemicals; petroleum refining; paper and allied products; iron ... 展开 The report explores the possible impacts of hypothetical scenarios of higher fuelprices on six large energy-intensive industries subject to foreign competition: basic chemicals; petroleum refining; paper and allied products; iron and steel; aluminum; and cement. These six industies account for over 70 percent of the manufacturing use of energy for heat, power, and electricity generation. Collectively, in 1994 the value of their shipments accounted for approximately $686 billion, or 20.5 percent of the total value of shipments for manufacturing, and their employment total was almost 1.8 million, or about 10 percent of the manufacturing employment total of 18.3 million. The report summarizes the deliberations at a series of six workshops (one for each industry) involving experts from producers, labor, the financial community, government, academia, and environmental, energy-efficiency and other non-governmental organizations. The report is motivated by negotiations now being conducted within the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). The ultimate objective of the FCCC is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. 收起