MADE IN AMERICA

Le gaz de schiste américain, clé du contre-choc énergétique mondial
Pierre-Alexandre Sallier ,Le Temps  pour lire cliquer

Aux Etats-Unis, la révolution du gaz de schiste est devenue une variable économique et industrielle clé: inexistante il y a dix ans, cette source d’énergie fournit le quart des besoins du pays. Son abondance a divisé par plus de cinq le prix du gaz en cinq ans.

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le rapport 2012 du BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP

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U.S.-Based Manufacturers Stand to Capture 2 to 7 Percent of Western European and Japanese Exports Due to Lower Labor and Energy Costs, BCG Research Finds

Labor and energy costs will be especially important sources of U.S. competitive advantage in manufacturing. Adjusted for differences in worker productivity, which is considerably higher in the U.S., average labor costs of the other large developed economies will be 20 to 45 percent higher than those of the U.S. Only a decade ago, the same U.S. worker cost only 12 percent less than the average factory worker in Europe.

Inexpensive natural gas will also boost U.S. competitiveness. For the foreseeable future, thanks to the recovery of vast U.S. underground gas deposits of shale, natural gas is likely to remain 50 to 70 percent cheaper in the U.S. than in Europe and Japan, BCG predicts. “That will translate into significantly lower costs for electricity generation, for fuel used to power industrial plants, and for feedstock used across many industrial processes,” said Justin Rose, a BCG principal and coauthor.

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