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The Most Economic, Socially Viable, and Environmentally Sustainable Alternative Energy

Willem H. Vanderburg

University of Toronto

The strengths and weaknesses of current energy planning can be attributed to the limited economic, social, and environmental contexts taken into account as a result of the current intellectual and professional division of labor. A preventive approach is developed by which the ratio of desired to undesired effects can be substantially improved. It takes into account supply-and demand-side options, renewable and nonrenewable sources, and net energy availability. Alternative energy must be considered within such a strategy, which carefully examines its effects on society and the biosphere. Intellectual barriers are identified, and ways of overcoming them are suggested.

Key Words: sustainable energy • preventive energy strategies • net energy availability • energy and the university

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, Vol. 28, No. 2, 98-104 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0270467607313961
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