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ON THINKING ABOUT ENERGY IN THE FUTURE
Author(s) -
Daly Herman E.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1978.tb00389.x
Subject(s) - energy (signal processing) , computer science , control (management) , energy requirement , management science , risk analysis (engineering) , energy strategy , energy policy , business , engineering , artificial intelligence , psychology , renewable energy , mathematics , statistics , regression , psychoanalysis , electrical engineering
Future energy requirements are often estimated by prediction, as if they were beyond man's control. After stating that such predictions have, in practice, become implicit planning, the author outlines necessary steps for discussing future energy requirements and raises some basic issues which must be considered when comparing the feasibilities of ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ energy paths.