Análise do comportamento do consumo energético no setor agropecuário

Abstract

The present article investigates the behavior of the energy consumption in the farming sector in Brazil, in the period of 1970 the 2004. It was used descriptive analysis, analysis of correlation and analysis of trends. With this study importance was evidenced it to understand the consumption of energy of the farming sector, mainly during the analyzed period of 35 years. The studied variable: firewood, oil diesel, combustible oil, electricity and vegetal coal had presented resulted excellent in elapsing of the economic development of the country.