Energy and the Missing Resource: A View from the Laboratory

by I. Dostrovsky

Overview

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. In this formative and thought-provoking book, a leading energy researcher demonstrates that sufficient energy 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. Dostrovsky argues that long-term technical development will be needed to ensure future energy sufficiency, and that international cooperation on technical research, environmental impact, and energy use is needed now to avoid a succession of energy crises in the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521319652
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/24/1989
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

Dostrovsky (Weiman Institute of Science) gives us a nontechnical analysis of present and future resources and their potential development. He demonstrates that sufficient energy resources are available to meet all energy needs for the foreseeable future. Paper edition $12.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"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

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