This article attempts to clarify power plant performance to the non-specialists by presenting data on nuclear and coal power plants. (MR)

Natural gas is viewed as an attractive fuel - low polluting, with low production and transportation costs. However, high demand, coupled with a decreased discovery rate for new gas reserves, is leading to a natural gas shortage. Other resources must be substituted with synthetic gas from coal and methane from organic wastes emerging as potential…

For more than a decade, the Chinese have been using biogas digesters to produce fuel for homes in rural areas. This article discusses the design, operation, and benefits of these digesters. This means of waste treatment helps improve sanitation, produce fertilizer, and save fossil fuels. (MA)

Estimates of energy demand in the future must be approached with caution; however, evidence strongly suggests that future energy demand is by no means predetermined and that low-demand futures are quite feasible both technically and economically. (Author/RE)

There is no federal energy policy. There is a fuel use policy of sorts, but that policy is related as much to foreign policy as to domestic needs, with the United States public paying the large bill. Neither presidential candidate has yet offered a plan for a coherent energy policy. (Editor/BT)

This article discusses the current two major schools of thought about energy conservation. One is based on a system of incentives or penalties to change behavior and the other on attitude change. Problems associated with both schools are identified and examples of the two methods are given. (MA)

Described is how the U.S. energy situation might be different if consumers had foreseen the economic realities of energy in the 1970s. (Author/SA)

A discussion of three power generating systems is presented. The discussion focuses on the economic characteristics of each system. A summary table is included. (MR)