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Energy use in the developing world: A crisis of rising expectations

Journal Article · · Environmental Science and Technology; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/es00016a601· OSTI ID:5205359
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  1. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
The world is facing a serious short-run energy supply problem. The Persian Gulf crisis has not caused this problem, but it does serve to underline its seriousness. The expectation is that in the longer term the energy situation will ease because of new technical developments, which will assist in the transformation out of the current fuels cycle to a radically new one. The short-run problem is particularly difficult because the societies most affected are those that can least afford to be without the energy essential for their climb out of mass poverty. There appears to be a potentially severe shortage of liquid fuels that will become progressively worse over the next 20 years. The rich countries will be able to command their share with ease. It is the Third World countries that will suffer the most.
OSTI ID:
5205359
Journal Information:
Environmental Science and Technology; (United States), Journal Name: Environmental Science and Technology; (United States) Vol. 25:4; ISSN ESTHA; ISSN 0013-936X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English