Why Carbon Fuels Will Dominate the 21st Century Energy Economy

Odell, Peter

ISBN 10: 0906522226 / ISBN 13: 9780906522226

Published by Multi-Science Publishing Co. Ltd., 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why Carbon Fuels Will Dominate the 21st Century Energy Economy
• Publisher: Multi-Science Publishing Co. Ltd.
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0906522226
• ISBN 13: 9780906522226
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

This text provides a survey of the energy resources for the foreseeable future and argues that there is not, nor has there been, a supply crisis. It contends that the current claims of impending disaster are as falsely based as those first made in the 1960s, albeit for different reasons. Contended is that most attempts at reasonable analysis are undermined by the poor quality and confusing nature of much of the statistical data available, much of the confusion deliberately sown by governments and oil companies to create impressions that worked best for them at different times. Data is interpreted in a coherent way and the conclusions reached that the predicted supply crisis is not going to be a near-term phenomenon.

About the Author

Peter Odell is a professor emeritus of energy economics at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, and a visiting professor at the London School of Economics.