ABSTRACT
Since the growth of atmospheric CO2 is primarily associated with the consumption of fossil fuels, one logical response to the threat of the "greenhouse effect" would be a worldwide reduction of such consumption. A comprehensive study of global energy use, however, aimed at reducing fossil-fuel consumption to prevent or limit the rise in atmospheric CO2, requires clarification of the enormously complex interactions among energy technology development, resource supply, global economic progress, and relevant sociopolitical activities. This is an enormously complicated task and involves large uncertainties.
