Conversations about electricity and the future: Findings of an international seminar and lessons from a year of surprises

Conference · Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5202434

Rossin, A D; Fowler, K ^[1]

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1. eds.

In January 1990 thirty-two experts from twelve countries convened for a five-day working Seminar on the Berkeley Campus of the University of California to discuss electricity supply and demand. The participants brought with them deep and diverse backgrounds in energy issues. A major concern of the First 1990 Group on Electricity was the potential impact of electricity shortages on the environment, just at a time of growing awareness of environmental deterioration. These concerns extend from local problems to nations, regions and global impacts. Indeed, because of the importance of electricity in our lives, potential electric power shortages already foreseeable in this decade could overwhelm public concern for the environment, unless critical, long-leadtime measures are taken very soon. The First 1990 Group on Electricity's Findings and Conclusions, the thinking that led to them, and the impact of events in the intervening year form the content of this book.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-90ER54073; FG03-89SF18307
• OSTI ID: 5202434
• Report Number(s): CONF-9001160-; ON: DE92001899
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1. 1990 group on electricity: conversations about electricity and the future, Berkeley, CA (United States), Jan 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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