Asia surpassed North America as the largest petroleum-consuming region
in 2008. Asian demand surged nearly 15 million barrels per day from 1980
to 2010, an increase of 146%. North America's petroleum consumption
increased 16% between 1980 and 2010. Global petroleum consumption
increased 36%, nearly 23 million barrels per day, during the period.
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Ecoclimax is defined by Odum (1969) as the culmination state after a succession in a stabilized ecosystem in which maximum biomass (or high information content) and symbiotic function among organisms is kept per unit of available energy flow.
