Overview and interpretation of energy in America's future: the choices before us. [Booklet]

Book · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6272622

Schurr, S H; Darmstadter, J; Perry, H; Ramsay, W; Russell, M

This is the overview and interpretation of results of the project; for announcement of the full study in a 575-page book available from Johns Hopkins University Press ($10.95), see EAPA 6:467. The book addresses the underlying problems that have been barriers to a workable, acceptable energy policy: disagreement over basic data, uncertainty about what results the most commonly suggested policies might produce, the difficulty in choosing between short- and long-term objectives, and the lack of a national consensus on long-term goals. Highlights stress the need for consensus on issues dealing with future consumption, domestic mineral fuel resources, supply alternatives, and policymaking. A framework is presented to assist in reaching that consensus, although the report stops short of recommending a policy.

• OSTI ID: 6272622
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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