This article attempts to clarify power plant performance to the non-specialists by presenting data on nuclear and coal power plants. (MR)

This article is a summary of discussions that took place at a symposium attended by scholars and policymakers on the legacy of the 1970s energy crisis. Examines enduring impacts and unresolved issues, the possibility of a future embargo-style crisis, and the future of energy policy. Discusses energy and environment in developing countries. (LZ)

Discusses the development of national energy policy. Examines the economics and technology of solar systems and compares these to other energy fuels. (MA)

A national commitment was made a decade ago to repair the damage industrial society had wrought on the physical surroundings. That commitment left unanswered what technical methods should be employed in the repair job. This article discusses the problems faced by the environmentalist and the industrialist concerning a coal policy. (Author/MA)

For more than a decade, the Chinese have been using biogas digesters to produce fuel for homes in rural areas. This article discusses the design, operation, and benefits of these digesters. This means of waste treatment helps improve sanitation, produce fertilizer, and save fossil fuels. (MA)

Estimates of energy demand in the future must be approached with caution; however, evidence strongly suggests that future energy demand is by no means predetermined and that low-demand futures are quite feasible both technically and economically. (Author/RE)

Since the 1940's, Operation Bootstrap, an economic development program, has changed Puerto Rico from an undeveloped country to one with increasing energy demands, decreasing natural resources, and alarming environmental degredation. The Puerto Rican government is presently supporting high-energy industrial facilities without regard to…

Reports on a visit to the New Alchemy Institute, a cluster of windmills and fish and vegetable production systems on a 12-acre site on Cape Cod. They are active in the appropriate technology movement. (BB)

Discusses magetohydrodynamics (MHD) and its potential use in coal powered electric generating plants. Considered are its advantages, problems, environmental effects and development in Russia. (MDR)

Discusses dam and non-dam hydroelectric power generating possibilities as a partial solution to our energy dilemma. (MDR)

There is no federal energy policy. There is a fuel use policy of sorts, but that policy is related as much to foreign policy as to domestic needs, with the United States public paying the large bill. Neither presidential candidate has yet offered a plan for a coherent energy policy. (Editor/BT)

Summarizes the demands, economics, and future competition facing electric energy sources. (MDR)

This article discusses the current two major schools of thought about energy conservation. One is based on a system of incentives or penalties to change behavior and the other on attitude change. Problems associated with both schools are identified and examples of the two methods are given. (MA)

In this article the Community Annual Energy Storage System ( CASES), a "thermal utility" plan for heating and cooling communities by storing summer heat and winter cold for use in the opposite season, is described. (MDR)

A discussion of the role of government and the economic factors involved in the transition to the use of solar energy is presented. (MR)