Human capital is an important aspect of energy consumption,exerting crucial effects on economic growth,technological progress,and economic restructuring.This paper presents an in-depth investigation of the effect of h...Human capital is an important aspect of energy consumption,exerting crucial effects on economic growth,technological progress,and economic restructuring.This paper presents an in-depth investigation of the effect of human capital on energy consumption using an extended version of the Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population,Affluence,and Technology framework.The estimated results using a panel dataset covering China’s 30 provincial regions during the period 1997-2018 and applying fixed effects with instrumental variables and the generalized method of moments indicated that an increase in human capital significantly drove energy consumption.A 1%increase in human capital increased energy consumption by approximately 0.3%.A two-step channel analysis to test scale,technical,and structural effects revealed that the positive effect of human capital on energy consumption is based primarily on the scale effect.However,highly educated human capital alleviates the energy pressure of this effect.In contrast to the scale effect,both the technical and structural effects of human capital reduced energy consumption,and this reduction is primarily correlated with enterprises’utility-oriented technological progress.Finally,we present strategic energy control policy implications related to human capital.展开更多
In the past,the main method of tunnel excavation in China was drilling and blasting,but the biggest shortcoming of the traditional drilling and blasting method is that it is easy to cause serious overexcavation and un...In the past,the main method of tunnel excavation in China was drilling and blasting,but the biggest shortcoming of the traditional drilling and blasting method is that it is easy to cause serious overexcavation and underexcavation.At the same time,the operation cycle time of this method is long,which leads to a serious waste of resources.Not only that,a large number of toxic gases and dust produced after blasting also do harm to the health of construction workers.So this is an urgent need for a new construction technology to solve this worldwide problem.In this situation,the leading experts in the field of tunnel,"The survey and design master of China"Shi Yuxin,Liu Pei,and well-known expert in explosion field,yan-sheng ding,professor Chen Chengguang and Gu Yicheng,the experts group,cooperate with The Fifth Branch of China Railway 18th Bureau in northwest project management department,developed a new technology.This technology has passed the appraisal of scientific and technological achievements organized by Tianjin Science and Technology Commission,which is shaped hydraulic smooth blasting technology.The comprehensive evaluation of the technology is"international leading"level.This paper is mainly aimed at the drawbacks of drilling and blasting construction,combined with the author's cognition and discussion on the introduction of the new technology of cumulative hydraulic blasting and the practical application effect in the tunnel excavation process of the fourth company of China Railway 14th Bureau Group in the second division of the 9th bid section of Zhangjihuai Railway in Huainan Province.展开更多
文摘Human capital is an important aspect of energy consumption,exerting crucial effects on economic growth,technological progress,and economic restructuring.This paper presents an in-depth investigation of the effect of human capital on energy consumption using an extended version of the Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population,Affluence,and Technology framework.The estimated results using a panel dataset covering China’s 30 provincial regions during the period 1997-2018 and applying fixed effects with instrumental variables and the generalized method of moments indicated that an increase in human capital significantly drove energy consumption.A 1%increase in human capital increased energy consumption by approximately 0.3%.A two-step channel analysis to test scale,technical,and structural effects revealed that the positive effect of human capital on energy consumption is based primarily on the scale effect.However,highly educated human capital alleviates the energy pressure of this effect.In contrast to the scale effect,both the technical and structural effects of human capital reduced energy consumption,and this reduction is primarily correlated with enterprises’utility-oriented technological progress.Finally,we present strategic energy control policy implications related to human capital.
文摘In the past,the main method of tunnel excavation in China was drilling and blasting,but the biggest shortcoming of the traditional drilling and blasting method is that it is easy to cause serious overexcavation and underexcavation.At the same time,the operation cycle time of this method is long,which leads to a serious waste of resources.Not only that,a large number of toxic gases and dust produced after blasting also do harm to the health of construction workers.So this is an urgent need for a new construction technology to solve this worldwide problem.In this situation,the leading experts in the field of tunnel,"The survey and design master of China"Shi Yuxin,Liu Pei,and well-known expert in explosion field,yan-sheng ding,professor Chen Chengguang and Gu Yicheng,the experts group,cooperate with The Fifth Branch of China Railway 18th Bureau in northwest project management department,developed a new technology.This technology has passed the appraisal of scientific and technological achievements organized by Tianjin Science and Technology Commission,which is shaped hydraulic smooth blasting technology.The comprehensive evaluation of the technology is"international leading"level.This paper is mainly aimed at the drawbacks of drilling and blasting construction,combined with the author's cognition and discussion on the introduction of the new technology of cumulative hydraulic blasting and the practical application effect in the tunnel excavation process of the fourth company of China Railway 14th Bureau Group in the second division of the 9th bid section of Zhangjihuai Railway in Huainan Province.
