Information And Communication Technologies: The Power Of Productivity (part I)

摘要

Information and communication technologies (ICT) have transformed our economy and our lives, but they also have revolutionized the relationship between economicrnproduction and energy consumption.rnSince the early 1990s, ICT applications and systems have become a critical means of achieving both energy and economic productivity.rnHuge cost reductions and important new ICT innovations have worked together to drive the expansion and diffusion of new applications that have subsequently enabled the development of additional high-tech products and services, new investments, and new ways of doing things. In other words, the positive economic feedback generated by most ICT innovations has stimulated higher levels of economic productivity and driven net gains in cost-effective energy savings throughout the U.S. economy.