ABSTRACT
The special usefulness of electricity as an energy form has grown rather than diminished in recent years. The electric motor, modern lighting, radio and television, and now the developing importance of computers of all sizes and uses have made sources of electric current indispensable to an industrialized civilization. Opinions differ on how many new electrical plants will actually be needed within the next decades; but there is no controversy over the fact that new sources of supply will best serve society by being as economical as is consistent with health, environmental, and other essential social concerns.
