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Sustainable Energy Production and Consumption - Benefits, Strategies and Environmental Costing (Paperback, 2008 ed.)
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Sustainable Energy Production and Consumption - Benefits, Strategies and Environmental Costing (Paperback, 2008 ed.)
Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security
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Energy and environmental security are major problems facing our
global economy. Fossil fuels, particularly crude oil, are confined
to a few regions of the world and the continuity of supply is
governed by dynamic political, economic and ecological factors.
These factors conspire to force volatile, often high fuel prices
while, at the same time, environmental policy is - manding a
reduction in greenhouse gases and toxic emissions. Yet incr- sed
growth and demand for welfare by developed and developing countries
are placing higher pressure on energy resources. In particular, a
large fraction of "new consumers" in developing countries already
reached a purchasing power high enough as to be able to access to
commodity and energy markets worldwide, thus boosting energy
consumption and competition for all kinds of resources. Such a
trend, although in principle may represent a progress towards
diffuse welfare and wealth as well as much needed equity, is at
present contributing to a rush for the appropriation of available
resources which are directly and indirectly linked to energy and
may contribute to planetary instability if it is not adequately
understood and managed. A coherent energy strategy is required,
addressing both energy supply and demand, security of access,
development problems, equity, market dy- mics, by also taking into
account the whole energy lifecycle including fuel production,
transmission and distribution, energy conversion, and the impact on
energy equipment manufacturers and the end-users of energy systems.
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