Outlines a Federal Power Commission report that lends credence to charges by several prominent petroleum researchers that the United States Geological Survey has consistently and hugely over estimated the amount of economically recoverable oil and gas left to be discovered in the United States. (Author/GS)

Describes a large-scale bio-conversion facility that will produce methane gas from raw manure. An innovative feature of the plant will be an algae farm/water recycling unit. (Author/MA)

Describes the operational principles of magneto hydro dynamic generators and considers environmental advantages of their use. (AL)

Factors of environmental pollution should key evaluation of fuel and heating system maintenance approaches. (Author)

To reduce fuel consumption at Carroll Hill Elementary School (New York), an energy management program controls both peak demand and total energy usage. (Author/MLF)

Vocational education should be an instrumental force in training workers for the demands of energy conservation measures and the use of new sources of energy. (SK)

Thirty years ago, the Arab Oil Embargo caused us to stop taking gasoline for granted and caused the author to start teaching students about the importance of energy in our lives. This retrospective shows the same general patterns discerned from a 20-year retrospective a decade ago: a sharp decrease in energy use following each of the two energy…

Current patterns of energy management within higher education institutions and energy-related information and services that are needed by senior administrators and others to develop and improve energy management and planning on campus were studied. The findings and recommendations will be used to help develop a new research and action program for…

This module is the first in a series of eleven modules in an energy conservation curriculum for secondary and postsecondary vocational students. It is designed for use by itself, to be integrated with the other ten modules into a program on energy conservation, or to be integrated into conventional vocational courses as a unit of instruction. The…

This publication provides a basic analysis of the nation's energy status and attempts to relate a realistic projection of the future. It projects available alternatives to a total economic collapse considering the lack of a national energy policy at the time of writing. The three parts of this publication examine the energy dilemma, present…

This study explores crisis management/communication practices within the coal industry through the lens of high reliability organization (HRO) concepts and sensemaking theory. In-depth interviews with industry executives and an analysis of an emergency procedures manual were used to provide an exploratory examination of the status of crisis…

The predictions by the Department of Energy indicate the maximum of the rate of supply of oil will be reached around 2021, but this neglects the effect of the rapid growth of China and India. It will be necessary to use coal, natural gas, nuclear power, or renewables to supplement, and, after 2021, to replace oil. If coal is used, it can be…

A 450-ppm equivalent CO[2] target by 2050 is an often-proposed goal under a future global emissions agreement, but there is considerable high side risk in global-warming models due to cloud formation, feedbacks in dissolved organic carbon from peat bogs in polar regions, and unaccounted solar dimming by particulates. The 450-ppm figure is…