The three energy crises of 1988

The greenhouse effect, electricity shortages, more imported oil -1988 has taught us that there is not just one energy crisis, but three. And it has shown that many of the solutions proposed in the past have turned into problems themselves. The U.S. produces one-fourth of the world's greenhouse gases, and burns one-fourth of the world's oil production. It is time for it and the rest of the industrialized world to take the three energy crises seriously and place a new emphasis on the three non-combustion solutions available now: conservation, solar and nuclear power. (author)