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...Energy Future, edited by Stobaugh & Yergin...
...Energy Future, edited by Stobaugh & Yergin...
...Project's pragmatic, multidisciplinary examination of the energy problem. The group scrutinizes not only the economic and technical barriers to exploitation of each energy source, but also the political and institutional realities. Co-editors Robert Stobaugh, professor of Business Administration and director of the Project, and Daniel Yergin, lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government, write...
Stobaugh, Yergin and their Project colleagues avoid this trap. They rule out natural gas as a solution, arguing that the deregulation of interstate prices will not make substantial additions to U.S. gas reserves. Coal's contribution in the short term is uncertain because uncertain demand for the fuel by electrical utilities has made the railroads, coal's key transportation link, hesitant to upgrade their service. Moreover, opposition to the environmental hazards of coal usage (which include black lung disease, the scarring of the land by strip mining, and air, water and thermal pollution) cause the Project to condemn coal...
...Energy Future, edited by Stobaugh & Yergin...