Title: The major challenges facing energy

Authors: Pierre Delaporte

Addresses: Former President of Electricite de France, 32 rue de Manceau, 75384 Paris Cedex 08, France

Abstract: It is often said that the society of tomorrow will be a society of services, and that the new activities of our civilizations will develop in intangible areas without major energy requirements. This is quite conceivable, but on condition that we remember that the vital needs of humanity, the humanity of yesterday, of today and also of tomorrow, first rely on the possibility of having energy which is abundant, easy to use and cheap.

Keywords: long-term prospects; environmental problems; energy conservation; energy efficiency; energy taxes; nuclear energy; nuclear power.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.1995.063439

International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 1995 Vol.8 No.1/2/3, pp.270-275

Published online: 14 Jul 2014 *

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