Energy and conservation
By: edited by Robert Emmet Long.
Contributors: Long, Robert Emmet.
Series: The Reference shelf ; v. 61, no. 4
Publisher: H.W. Wilson
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780824207830
Subjects: Energy industries; Energy conservation; Energy policy; Power resources; Power resources; Energy conservation
Description: Discusses the present and future status of energy sources in America, focusing on natural gas, oil, solar power, and nuclear energy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part one : Oil.; title: Lower oil prices fuel concern / James MacKenzie; title: The great Texas oil bust / Daniel Pederson; title: Oil drip / New Republic; title: The next oil crisis / Commonweal; title: Get ready for the coming oil crisis / John Paul Newport; title: Part two : Nuclear energy.; title: The future of nuclear power / Russ Manning; title: Dim hopes for nuclear power / Daniel Kirshner; title: Nuclear power's burdened future / Christopher Flavin; title: U.S. nuclear power in the next twenty years / Bernard I. Spinrad; title: As Shoreham goes / Nation; title: Part three : Natural gas, coal, hydroelectricity.; title: America's plentiful energy resource / David Osborne; title: An old favorite returns / John DeMont; title: Scrubber scrapper / Edward C. Baig; title: Coal-fired power plants for the future / Richard E. Balzhiser, Kurt E. Yeager; title: Low-head hydropower for local use / Peter Kakela, Gary Chilson, William Patric; title: Hydro : past or future? / Sarah Cliffe; title: Part four : Solar energy, nuclear fusion, conservation.; title: Solar energy : getting hotter / James Cook; title: A bright spot on the solar scene / Robert Pool; title: Fusion : fuel for the future? / Anon.; title: Fusion illusion? / Michael D. Lemonick; title: What ever happened to energy conservation? / Seth Zuckerman; title: Energy efficiency : less means more / Janet Raloff