International energy options: an agenda for the 1980s

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5401519

Tempest, P ^[1]

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1. ed.

The 1980 Annual Conference of the International Association of Energy Economists was attended by 248 energy economists representing 16 countries and a wide spread of government, industry, finance and academic viewpoints. This collection of distinguished contributions to the energy debate was selected from the papers given by the 54 invited speakers and attempt to pin-point those areas where the conventional wisdom concerning energy supply and demand is beginning to change, where some major breakthroughs in energy supply and energy efficiency can be expected, and where centres of excellence can be identified for support and development to maximise their impact. The papers have been arranged to provide a thread from a basic diagnosis of current energy problems, through an analysis of governmental and commercial response, to the constraints and opportunities for capital and labour. Contingency planning for supply shortages and prospects for increased efficiency are then examined in some detail and lead to the conclusion that our current energy problems are quite soluble, even within our current technological competence. In the long-term, the break-through to stable energy supply and price, as a prerequisite for investment and economic growth, is already clearly within our reach, provided adequate action on an international scale can be mobilised and harnessed in time.

• OSTI ID: 5401519
• Report Number(s): CONF-8006226-Exc
• Resource Relation: Conference: Annual conference of the International Association of Energy Economists, Cambridge, UK, 1 Jun 1980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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