Energy and the environmental in the 21st century. Proceedings of the Conference held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5285311

Tester, J W; Wood, D O; Ferrari, N A ^[1]

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1. eds.

As we enter the 21st century, policymakers, researchers, industrial leaders, and individuals the world over are becoming increasingly concerned about how to deal with the environmental consequences of energy use. The specific objectives of the conference were to: evaluate short- and long-term projections of the environmental effects of energy supply, production, conversion, and utilization from national and international perspectives; review the interaction of energy technologies and policies and their effects on local, regional, and global environmental systems; examine the roles of technology and policy in providing the energy needed for the social and economic well-being of a growing world population while ensuring a safe and sustainable physical environment; relate our understanding of energy technology and environmental system linkages to methods of internalizing the actual environmental costs of energy porduction and use at local, regional, national, and international levels; and define a science, engineering, and policy research agenda that can address critical energy technology issues. Papers provide an up-to-date, in-depth analysis of a broad spectrum of current and new energy technologies and their environmental impacts. Major findings are outlined in the conference summary and the summaries that precede the papers in each session. Sessions are divided into the following: transportation systems, industrial processes, building systems, electric power systems, economics and policy, and advanced energy supply technologies.

• OSTI ID: 5285311
• Report Number(s): CONF-900377--; ISBN: 0-262-20078-3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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