Western energy policy: the case for competition

Book · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6588880

Evans, D

Former Secretary of State Kissinger pointed out in 1977 that failure to solve international energy problems could bring about the destruction of the current world order. This book responds to that challenge, not in terms of global modelling, still less of global solutions, but by combining an analysis of the global energy market together with the national policies of the three western industrial countries with the greatest influence on the world energy market, Japan excepted. The book opens with a survey of the world energy market and an assessment of the likely behavior of OPEC in the foreseeable future. Three preliminary chapters follow, dealing respectively with the role of energy policy, a survey of the past policies of the United States, the Soviet Union, the European Economic Community (EEC), Japan and China, and a summary of the actual energy production and supply situation within the European Community. The second part of the book provides both a summary and critique of the current and projected future policies of West Germany, Britain, and the US. It argues strongly for greater competition. A final chapter surveys the prospects for global energy from 1985 to 2000 and includes a radical appraisal of long-term US energy policy, whose direction will be crucial for the western industrial system.

• OSTI ID: 6588880
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COMPETITION
ECONOMICS
ENERGY POLICY
ENERGY SUPPLIES
EUROPE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
GLOBAL ASPECTS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
MARKET
NORTH AMERICA
OIL-EXPORTING COUNTRIES
OPEC
UNITED KINGDOM
USA
WESTERN EUROPE