Alternative energy demand futures to 2010

Book · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6924987

In evaluating the US energy situation, the US National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Nuclear and Alternative Energy Systems asked the Demand and Conservation Panel to: explore the range of energy demand that is possible to the year 2010, using plausible sets of demand-shaping assumptions; examine the technological opportunities for saving energy and their socioeconomic implications; suggest institutional and behavioral factors that can constrain or accelerate energy demand; and recommend policy initiatives that can affect demand and conservation. As a result of predicting future energy demands for the residential/commercial, industrial, and transportation sectors under four different scenarios in which energy price, GNP, and energy policies varied, the panel noted that annual energy use by 2010 could range from 60 to 160 quadrillion Btu, depending primarily on energy prices and improvements in energy-utilization efficiency. Conservation measures can lower the energy/GNP ratio to two-thirds the 1950-75 value and stop the traditional rise in per-capita energy use without significantly affecting the nation's GNP growth.

• OSTI ID: 6924987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
291000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Conservation
292000* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Supply
Demand & Forecasting
COMMERCIAL SECTOR
DEMAND
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY POLICY
FORECASTING
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
INDUSTRY
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
NORTH AMERICA
PRICES
RECOMMENDATIONS
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
USA