IAEE convention speech: Energy, exhaustion, environmentalism, and etatism

Journal Article · Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994 · Energy Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol15-No1-1· OSTI ID:226822

Gordon, R L ^[1]

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1. Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)

The author, Dr. Richard L. Gordon, won the IAEE`s Outstanding Contributions Award for 1992. The following article is based on his acceptance speech given at the 16th international conference of the IAEE held in Bali, Indonesia, front July 27-29, 1993. The Association awards a prize annually for outstanding contributions to the profession of energy economics and to its literature. In his speech, Dr. Gordon first examines the question of whether the consumption of energy and other so-called exhaustible resources is excessive. To this end, he examines the Hotelling model in great detail and concludes that the immedaite need for avoiding depletion is virtually nil and that etatism would not be answer if total depletion were a real possibility. 78 refs.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 226822
• Journal Information: Energy Journal, Vol. 15, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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