Energy: from opulence to sufficiency

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6473697

Krenz, J H

A non-technical review of the energy situation, this book argues that the U.S. can reduce energy consumption by using energy more efficiently and changing consuming habits. The alternative is a future of resource shortages, a polluted environment, and economic strains. A goal of reduced consumption will require new policies to make more appropriate energy investments and new attitudes on the part of the consuming public. A national policy of conservation will substitute realism for continually rising expections. Major chapter headings are: The Energy Crisis: a crisis of rising expectations; energy conversion: not all forms are equal; physical limitation: environmental and resource constraints; fossil fuels; the twentieth century energy source; more effective energy utilization: the neglected resource; nuclear energy: a Faustain bargain; alternative sources; energy for a sustainable futures; and the future: the need for a new ethic. 323 references, 70 figures, 19 tables. (DCK)

• OSTI ID: 6473697
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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BEHAVIOR
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY POLICY
ENERGY SUPPLIES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
INVESTMENT
PUBLIC POLICY