What can history teach us? A retrospective examination of long-term energy forecasts for the United States

Annual Review of Energy and the Environment

Volumn 27, Issue , 2002, Pages 83-118

  Craig, Paul P ^a   Gadgil, Ashok ^b   Koomey, Jonathan G ^b  

^a SCG Warming and Energy Program   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global warming; Planning forecasting; Prediction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ENERGY FORECASTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0036902279     PISSN: 10563466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.energy.27.122001.083425     Document Type: Article

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