Energy Resources and Needs Background Information

Updated on April 28, 2008

Introduction

The purpose of this site is to provide background information on Energy Resources and Needs. Suggestions for other links and reports would be greatly appreciated. Please send suggestions for information or your comments for posting as an email attachment to Dale Meade .

Web Links

• International Energy Agency
• IEA Committee on Energy Research and Technology (CERT)
• International Atomic Energy Agency
• International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
• Energy.Gov, U.S. Department of Energy
• U.S. Fossil Energy Reserves U.S. Geological Survey
• Official Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government
• Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at Princeton University
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
• All about Oil
• Oil and Gas Rig Count
• Greenpeace
• Worldwatch Institute
• Natural Resources Defence Council
• World Climate Report (skeptic's view)

World Summit on Sustainable Development

• Summary of World Summit on Sustainable Development by IAEA)
• Statement and Report by IEA/OECD on WSSD
• Energy Security: A Key Requirement for Sustainable Development: Perspective and Action Plan Robert Card, Under Secretary of Energy, U.S. DOE August 2002, (1.1 MB, pdf).
• Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Development A Performance-Based, Market-Oriented Partnership Opportunity. Robert Card, Under Secretary of Energy, U.S. DOE August 2002, (528 kB, pdf).

Energy Options for the Future

• Energy Trends and Technologies (View graphs, pdf) and Streaming Video - Steve Koonin, British Petroleum  New April 28, 2008
  
• Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years with Current Technologies Pacala and Socolow, Science August 16, 2004 New, July 27, 2004
• Basic Choices and Constraints on Long-Term Energy Supplies Paul B. Weisz Physics Today, (pdf) July 2004 New, July 27, 2004
• Thoughts on Long-Term Energy Supplies: Scientists and the Silent Lie Albert A. Bartlett, Physics Today, (pdf)July 2004 New, July 27, 2004
• Energy Options for the Future Workshop at NRL March 2004 New, September 23, 2004
• Energy Options and Paths to Climate Stabilization Aspen Institute July 2003 New, September 23, 2004
• Will fusion be welcome in the world of the mid 21st century? Global trends and energy sustainability considerations for the 21st century. Ed Frieman Maxwell Prize Speech to the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, November 14, 2002
• Advanced Technology Paths to Global Climate Stability:Energy for a Greenhouse Planet an article in the 1 November 2002 issue of Science.

Why Fusion Talks

• The Need for Fusion , Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith, Chair EU CCFU, Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT) September 2004 New, September 23, 2004
• Fusion Energy, The Promise, Progress, and the Challenge Ahead, Michael Mauel, Columbia University, Aspen Institute on Energy Options and Paths to Climate Stabilization, July 2003 New, September 23, 2004
• Fusion Papers at the 18th World Energy Conference, Oct 2001
  • Fusion as a Future Power Source: Recent Achievements and Prospects- Europe (573 kB, pdf) T. Hamacher, A.M. Bradshaw, Max-Planck-Institut for Plasmaphysik, Germany
  • Role of Fusion in the 21st Century Energy Market - Japan (950 kB, pdf), M. Kikuchi and N. Inoue paper submitted to the World Energy Conference 2001
  • Role of Fusion Energy in a Sustainable Global Energy Strategy - US (667 kB, pdf), W. Meier, F. Najmabadi, J. Schmidt and J. Sheffield paper submitted to the World Energy Conference 2001

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