Energy and the Missing Resource
A View from the Laboratory

This 1989 book provides a nontechnical analysis of present and future energy resources and their potential development to meet future demand.

I. Dostrovsky (Author)

9780521319652, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 24 February 1989

200 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.29 kg

"An excellent detailed review of the history and prognosis of world energy sources and demands...a superb primer for any serious student of world energy problems." Choice

This 1989 book provides a nontechnical analysis of present and future energy resources and their potential development to meet future demand. The prevailing impression in popular discussion of future energy supply is that a crisis will occur, sooner or later, owing to the exhaustion of present resources. This informative and thought-provoking book demonstrates that sufficient resources are available to meet all energy needs for the foreseeable future. However, this does not remove the threat of an energy-supply crisis. What is lacking - the missing resource - is the knowledge of how to use these resources in a practical and environmentally acceptable manner. The author argues that long-term technical development will be necessary to ensure future energy sufficiency and that international cooperation on technical research, environmental impact, and energy use is needed now to prevent a succession of energy crises in the future. All those involved with energy in a technical, business, or governmental policy capacity will find book essential and rewarding reading.

List of figures and tables
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Fossil fuels
3. Nuclear energy
4. The role of nuclear power
5. Renewable energy resources
6. Demand and substitution
7. The missing resources
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Environmental management [RNF], Energy industries & utilities [KNB]