Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Business Competitiveness : The Fragility of Interdependence (pdf)

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Every generation leaves both assets and liabilities to the next. Alert people can see we are going to leave our children and grandchildren with a nearly unsolvable test of energy supplies; waste polluting the air and water; and the appalling problem of a huge and uncontrollable explosion in world population. Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Business Competitiveness addresses itself to those having a professional, academic or general interest in these issues: – Energy sources, their nature and contribution, – Environmental problems associated to power production and usage, – Financing and control of energy-related projects and processes, – Future direction of agriculture produce now used as energy, – Complex social and technical issues resulting from lack of family planning – and, therefore, of demands for energy, – Impact of energy and an exploding population on pollution, – Truth and hype about the most talked about environmental subjects. In this fourth book for Gower, Dimitris Chorafas reviews Europe, America and Asia’s energy needs in the coming decade, pointing out that current policies are inadequate at best, and more likely disastrous for the economy