Energy Policy for the 21st Cen

INTRODUCTION ...a safe, environmentally sound, and an economically viable energy pathway that will sustain human progress into the distant future... Can this "energy pathway", as called for in the Brandtland Commission in 1987 (Mitchell, 1996: 149), be fulfilled by the current energy situation? The world population is likely to reach 10 billion by the end of the 21st century and demand for energy will increase. Current fossil fuel use seems to be altering the global climate and causing pollution. …

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