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Utilisation of energy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

J. C. Smith
J. C. Smith
Affiliation:
Eastern Electricity, P.O. Box 40, Wherstead, Ipswich IP9 2AQ, U.K.
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Synopsis

Energy requirements in primitive societies in the past are estimated and compared with present energy requirements in the Third World. The interaction between the energy policy of the industrialised countries and fuel availability in the Third World is outlined. Conservation and substitution in industrialised countries are discussed. The different patterns observed in Sweden, France, Japan and the United Kingdom of the behaviour of the ratio of electricity consumption to fossil fuel consumption in recent years is detailed and interpreted. Attention is drawn to some very successful examples of electro-utilisation in Britain. Finally the question is raised of the Scottish economy's response to the opportunities presented by the combination of electro-utilisation and computerisation.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 92 , Issue 1-2: Scotland's Energy Future , 1987 , pp. 173 - 191
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1987

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