Power struggle
Subtitle: world energy in the twenty-first century
By: John R. Moroney ; foreword by Matthew R. Simmons.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780313356773
Subjects: Coal-fired power plants -- Environmental aspects; Air -- Pollution
Description: In this survey of world energy issues, Moroney (economics, Texas A & M Univ.) argues that oil, natural gas, and coal--fuels now representing 85 percent of all energy consumed around the globe--will continue to dominate despite predicted depletion of world reserves. Renewable energy solutions such as solar, wind, ethanol and biodiesal are largely discounted here, and conservation measures are not mentioned. Moroney worries about radioactive waste storage from nuclear power plants, yet he puts great faith in the development of capture-and-storage technologies of CO2 fossil-fuel emissions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-174) and index.