Energy Self-Sufficiency
A Realistic and Desirable Goal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11967463 |
|---|---|
| Authors | F W Gorbet (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 472-472 |
| Publication date | 1980-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0317-0861 • E-ISSN: 1911-9917 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3550097 |
| OpenAlex | W2037954037 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
Several factors make energy policy planning and implementation a complex process: adequate energy supplies are essential both to economic activity and personal comfort and well-being; there are inevitable and growing conflicts between social and environmental objectives and energy goals; many supply alternatives are characterized by long lead times, increasing scale and considerable technological risk; and, most important, there exists substantial uncertainty about the future supply of oil geological and, increasingly, political as well. Although important geological and technical constraints exist, the major barriers to effective action are social and political: the need to promote a broadly based understanding of the dimension of the problem and the options available and, in that context, to forge a consensus to support an appropriate strategy. In Canada, these complexities are compounded by two particular factors: the richness and variety of options available to Canadians; and the regional and constitutional considerations that complicate the definition of a national approach to the issues. Since the OPEC price increases of 1973/74, there have been two major efforts in Canada to develop an overall energy strategy. In 1976, the Liberal Government set as an objective of national energy policy the achievement of energy self-reliance by 1985. Self-reliance was defined as
Energy (signal processing · Goal Orientation · Goal setting · Physics · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1980 - 1993 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |