Every generation leaves both assets and liabilities to the next. Alert people can see we are going to leave our children and grandchildren with a nearly unsolvable test of energy supplies; waste polluting the air and water; and the appalling problem of a huge and uncontrollable explosion in world population. Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Business Competitiveness addresses itself to those having a professional, academic or general interest in these issues: - Energy sources, their nature and contribution, - Environmental problems associated to power production and usage, - Financing and control of energy-related projects and processes, - Future direction of agriculture produce now used as energy, - Complex social and technical issues resulting from lack of family planning - and, therefore, of demands for energy, - Impact of energy and an exploding population on pollution, - Truth and hype about the most talked about environmental subjects. In this fourth book for Gower, Dimitris Chorafas reviews Europe, America and Asia's energy needs in the coming decade, pointing out that current policies are inadequate at best, and more likely disastrous for the economy. Governments persist in having their own agenda and priorities as well as plenty of constraints and taboos, yet when he critically examines the challenges Dr Chorafas concludes that no government can solve all current energy problems by acting alone. The book confronts current thinking, and its after-effect on policies and practices. Readers accustomed to mainstream books and articles which blame fossil fuels for a deteriorating world environment will find this a contrary opinion.

Dimitris Chorafas reviews Europe, America and Asia’s energy needs in the coming decade, pointing out that current policies are inadequate at best, and more likely disastrous for the economy. Governments persist in having their own agenda and priorities as well as plenty of constraints and taboos, yet when he critically examines the challenges Dr Chorafas concludes that no government can solve all current energy problems by acting alone. The book confronts current thinking, and its after-effect on policies and practices. Readers accustomed to mainstream books and articles which blame fossil fuels for a deteriorating world environment will find this a contrary opinion.

Part Ⅰ. The Pillars of a Realistic Energy Policy Chapter 1. Energy Means Power Chapter 2. The European Energy Policy Dilemma Chapter 3. Managed Oil Markets Chapter 4. Nuclear Energy Chapter 5. Alternative Energy Supplies Part Ⅱ. Biofuels, The Green and Blue Revolutions, and Agricultural Policy Chapter 6. Biofuels and the European Union Chapter 7. The Green and Blue Revolutions that have Never Been Chapter 8. The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy and its Travails Part Ⅲ. Business Consequences of a Deteriorating World Environment Chapter 9. Strategic Inflection Points, Business Risks and Opportunities Chapter 10. Producing and Trading Carbon Dioxide Chapter 11. Forests and Oceans: The Lungs of the Earth Chapter 12. The Scarcity of Clean Water and its Impact Part Ⅳ. The World's Salient Problem has not Been Solved Chapter 13. Humman Fertility: The Number One Environmental Enemy Chapter 14. United Nations and its Conferences on Envionmental Collapse Chapter 15. Can Science and Technology Solve Mankind's Practical Environmental Problems? Part Ⅴ. Appendices Index