The Economics of Choice between Energy Sources

Foreword; P.Maillet - Acknowledgements - Programme Committee - List of Contributors and Participants - Abbreviations and Acronyms - Presentation of the Conference; P.Maillet - PART 1 METHODOLOGY - Energy Options: Interface Connections between the Energy Sphere and the Rest of the Economy; P.Maillet - A Comment; W.Sassin - Fossil Energy and its Alternatives: A Problem beyond Costs and Prices; W.Sassin - Problems Concerning the Implementation of Energy Policies; M.Posner - The Implementation of Energy Policy Goals; H-K.Schneider and W.Schulz - Summary of the Discussion on Methodology - PART 2 THE ENERGY BACKGROUND - The Need for all Available Sources of Energy; J.Stanislaw - Economic Factors Affecting the Development of Alternative Energy Sources; G.Szeg - The 'Invisible' Source of Alternative Energy: A Comparison of Energy Conservation Performance in East and West; I.Dobozi - Oil-price Increases and Macroeconomic Instability: General-equilibrium Calculations on the Basis of Swedish Data; L.Bergman - Summary of the Discussion on the Energy Background - PART 3 POLICY CHOICES IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES - Reflections on Energy Planning in France; L.Gouni - Alternative Sources of Energy in the National Economy of the Soviet Union; V.A.Schelest - Lignite: A Domestic Resource in GDR's Energy Policy: Macroeconomic Problems; G.Huber - Policy Choices in Developed Countries: Two Japanese Views; N.Amaya and T.Ikutu - Summary of the Discussion on Energy Choices in Developed Countries PART 4 POLICY CHOICES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES - LATIN AMERICA - Brazilian Energy Policy at a Crossroad; A.Barros de Castro - The Economics of Alternative Sources of Energy: A View from Venezuela; J.M.Uzcategui - Energy Planning and Oil in Mexico: The Outstanding Issues in the Historical Perspective; M.Wionczek - ASIA - Energy Development Choices for India; K.Prasad and S.Ramesh - Planning for Alternative Energy Sources: The Experiences of the Developing Economy of India and Possible Lessons; V.S.Mahajan - Alternative Energy Options in Indonesia; M.Sadli - The Rural Energy Situation in China Today and its Future Development; Z.Guenglin - Summary of the Discussion on Policy Choices in Developing Countries - PART 5 ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS - Energy Options and Environmental Considerations: The Case of Sweden; K-G.M ler - Environmental Control Costs for Coal Energy Technologies; E.Rubin - Summary of the Discussion on Environmental Problems - PART 6 CONCLUSIONS - Three Views of the Conference; D.Hague, E.Rubin and V.Urquidi - Index