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Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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cesand colloquia on this energy prob-lem have made several facts abun-dantly clear. The worlds supplies offossil fuel are still far from exhaus-tion, despite our insatiable appetitefor energy made from them; despitethis, energy crises of varying typesand severity are increasingly im-minent—not only for the UnitedStates, Europe and Japan, but formost of the third world as well. Yearly, the world produces, andconsumes, about 50 Qs (Q=10!-Kwh or a million million Kwh) ofenergy. Of this, fossil fuels (oil, gasand coal) provide 90 per cent andthe remainder comes from hydro-power, wood and nuclear sources.Today, at least 80 per cent of worldenergy production is consumed bythe U.S., Europe and Japan, and A. J. Meyer is a Lecturer in Economicsand Associate Director of the Center forMiddle Eastern Studies at Harvard. Hisarticle draws on his statement before theSenate Committee on Foreign Relations,and material he has published in theChristian Science Monitor and PetroleumIntelligence Weekly.
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that percentage probably will holdfor at least 30 more years. End-usepatterns vary somewhat, but basic-ally the big industrial nations differlittle among themselves. Demand, however, is rising enor-mously, and seemingly inevitably.By 1985, world energy consumptionwill certainly more than double and,by the year 2000, more than quad-ruple. Over 200 Qs of output and de-mand, for all energy, seems a rea-sonable forecast for the end of thecentury. By 1985, fossil fuels willalmost certainly still provide threequarters of the worlds energy andby 2000 A.D. about the same. Overthese years, coals relative role willhave dropped somewhat (althoughtonnage will rise enormously), andnuclear energy will (hopefully) ac-count for about 20 per cent of worldenergy needs by centurys end. The emerging paradox This raises the question of arethere enough fossil fuel sourcesavailable worldwide to sustain theseenormous demand increases? Theanswer to this question is an em-phatic yes. A sensible consensus offor

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