ENERGY POLICY IN A CHANGING SOCIAL ORDER

摘要

This paper briefly sketches the background of conventional energy management and use relative to public policy. Next, the events which threaten to overtake our lingering social, economic and political impressions relative to energy will be examined. We shall see how current social trends may be taking us in unfamiliar energy policy directions, particularly involving the more advanced and alternative energy options now under consideration. Finally, it is argued that the emerging social consensus which will ultimately define national energy policy increasingly favors a transition from conventional to renewable energy sources.