Energy Futures, Human Values, And Lifestyles

A New Look At The Energy Crisis

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Av Richard C Carlson, Richard C. Carlson

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Looking beyond the vast technical difficulties of the energy crisis, this book seeks the basic reasons for the severity of our energy and environmental problems and finds them in our individual choices of lifestyle. It presents a scenario in which energy serves long-range human goals and values.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-10-19
Mått152 x 235 x undefined mm
Vikt380 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor192
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780367168698

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Richard C. Carlson is a senior economist in SRI International's International Development Center and was chief coordinator of the project on which this book is based. Willis W. Harman is a senior social scientist in the SRI International Development Center, a professor of engineering and economic systems at Stanford University, and a regent of the University of California; he is author of An Incomplete Guide to the Future. Peter Schwartz was director of the SRI Strategic Environment Center and chief coordinator of futures research at SRI. Working with them on the book were Sidney J. Everett (SRI Center for Resource and Environmental Systems Studies); Klaus W. Krause, Thomas F. Mandel, Lynn Rosener, and Thomas C. Thomas (SRI Strategic Environment Center); Paul C. Meagher (SRI Energy Center); and Stephen Levy (Center for the Continuing Study of the California Economy).

1. Introduction Part 1: Alternative Energy Futures for California 2. Scenario Construction 3. Scenario Analysis: Global and National Contexts 4. Scenario Analysis: Societal Activities 5. Scenario Analysis: Energy Use 6. Scenario Analysis: Environmental Impacts Part 2: Implications: Directions and Choices 7. Using Scenarios in Energy Policy Decisions 8. Energy Policy Implications of the California Scenarios 9. Postlude