Basic choices and constraints on long-term energy supplies

Physics Today

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 47-52

  Weisz, Paul B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Mobil Corp   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL RESOURCES; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOLAR ENERGY; WIND POWER;

ENERGY SUPPLIES; POLICYMAKERS; POPULATION GROWTH;

FOSSIL FUELS;

EID: 3142742407     PISSN: 00319228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1784302     Document Type: Review

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