Controversial Issues in Energy Policy.
Material type: TextSeries: Controversial issues in public policyPublication details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1992.Description: 1 online resource (175 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781452245966
- 1452245967
- 333.79
- HD9502.A2
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How has the world coped with past energy crises? In this volume, Marcus reveals both the shortcomings and failures and the surprising successes of past efforts. With the decline of the Cold War, energy policy issues are among the most important factors in world politics. Energy policies provide a new context for the evolution of other internationally significant policies; namely, global trade, new Eastern European economies and emerging environmental issues. Introducing energy issues by reviewing events which transpired in the Persian Gulf after August 1990, Marcus then examines trends in ener.
Cover; Contents; Series Editors' Introduction; Preface; Part I; Chapter 1 -- An Introduction to Energy Policy: The Crisis in the Gulf; Chapter 2 -- Energy Economics; Chapter 3 -- U.S. Government Policies; Part II; Chapter 4 -- The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; Chapter 5 -- Comparative Energy Policies; Part III; Chapter 6 -- Synfuels; Chapter 7 -- Nuclear Power; Chapter 8 -- The Electric Utility Industry Faces the Future; Chapter 9 -- Conclusion; Appendix 1: Photovoltaics; Appendix 2: Global Warming; References; Index; About the Author
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