ABSTRACT

Every generation leaves both assets and liabilities to the next. Alert people can see we are going to leave our children and grandchildren with a nearly unsolvable test of energy supplies; waste polluting the air and water; and the appalling problem of a huge and uncontrollable explosion in world population. Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Business Competitiveness addresses itself to those having a professional, academic or general interest in these issues: - Energy sources, their nature and contribution, - Environmental problems associated to power production and usage, - Financing and control of energy-related projects and processes, - Future direction of agriculture produce now used as energy, - Complex social and technical issues resulting from lack of family planning - and, therefore, of demands for energy, - Impact of energy and an exploding population on pollution, - Truth and hype about the most talked about environmental subjects. In this fourth book for Gower, Dimitris Chorafas reviews Europe, America and Asia's energy needs in the coming decade, pointing out that current policies are inadequate at best, and more likely disastrous for the economy. Governments persist in having their own agenda and priorities as well as plenty of constraints and taboos, yet when he critically examines the challenges Dr Chorafas concludes that no government can solve all current energy problems by acting alone. The book confronts current thinking, and its after-effect on policies and practices. Readers accustomed to mainstream books and articles which blame fossil fuels for a deteriorating world environment will find this a contrary opinion.

part I|114 pages

The Pillars of a Realistic Energy Policy

chapter 1|22 pages

Energy Means Power

chapter 2|20 pages

The European Energy Policy Dilemma

chapter 3|22 pages

Managed Oil Markets

chapter 4|22 pages

Nuclear Energy

chapter 5|26 pages

Alternative Energy Supplies

part II|66 pages

Biofuels, The Green and Blue Revolutions, and Agricultural Policy

part III|88 pages

Business Consequences of A Deteriorating World Environment

chapter 10|24 pages

Producing and Trading Carbon Dioxide

chapter 11|20 pages

Forests and Oceans

The Lungs of the Earth

chapter 12|22 pages

The Scarcity of Clean Water and its Impact

part IV|72 pages

The World's Salient Problem Has Not Been Solved

chapter 13|22 pages

Human Fertility

The Number One Environmental Enemy