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Title: America's energy potential: a summary and explanation prepared by Congressman Morris K. Udall, Chairman, subcommittee on the environment for use of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress, First Session, October 1973

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OSTI ID:4366544

The survey reports the confirmation of the existence of two energy crisea: the first results from an inability to extract known resources at a sufficient rate, already made evident by the gasoline and heat oil shortages. The longer-term crisis involves the ultimate exhaustion of fossil fuel resources and can be expected to occur around the end of the century. The status and outlook and what options are available to alleviate the developing crises are examined for oil and gas; coal; nuclear energy; solar energy; indirect solar applications of photosynthesis, wind energy, ocean thermal gradients, and conversion of waste materials; and geothermal energy. (MCW)

Research Organization:
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (U.S. Congress), Washington, D.C.
NSA Number:
NSA-29-015055
OSTI ID:
4366544
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-74
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English