The contours of our energy future are most clearly presented as hard and painful choices. We can, for instance, maintain-perhaps even greatly improve-our current living standards, but at tremendous cost to our environment and to our physical and human resources. Alternatively, we can opt for a more humane society and in many ways a richer life with
Energy Futures, Human Values, And Lifestyles: A New Look At The Energy Crisis
Also of Interest -- Introduction -- Alternative Energy Futures for California -- Scenario Construction -- Scenario Analysis: Global and National Contexts -- Scenario Analysis: Societal Activities -- Scenario Analysis: Energy Use -- Scenario Analysis: Environmental Impacts -- Implications: Directions and Choices -- Using Scenarios in Energy Policy Decisions -- Energy Policy Implications of the California Scenarios -- Postlude -- Recent Energy Demand Estimates -- Technical Tables -- Desirable Characteristics of Energy Decision Making -- Components of the Composite Criteria