Table of Contents, List of Figures, List of Tables, Abbreviations and Acronyms, World Energy Assessment Overview, PREAMBLE, PREFACE,1.0 INTRODUCTION, 1.1 Cradle of the Petroleum Age, 1.2 Future Energy Challenges, 1.3 Assuring Energy Supply Reliability, Quality, and a Clean Environment, 1.3.1 Energy Risk Management, 1.4 How Much Oil is There?,2.0 ENERGY SUPPLY AND POLICY ISSUES, 2.1 The State of Global Energy Supply, 2.1.1 Petroleum Demand and Supply, 2.2 New Sources of Energy and Energy Developments, 2.2.1 Fossil Fuel Futures, 2.3 Energy Policy Issues and International Impacts,3.0 DRIVERS OF THE TRANSITION TO A CLEAN AND MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT WORLD, 3.1 Energy Saving Developments, 3.1.1 Home or Residential or Commercial Building Energy, Efficiency, 3.1.1.1 Low Temperature Heat Utilization, 3.1.2 Transportation Energy Efficiency, 3.1.3 Other Energy Saving Developments, 3.2 Environmental Emissions and Reversal of the Greenhouse Effects, 3.2.1 Economic Impact of Environmental Degradation, 3.3 Developments in Electric Power Generation and Distribution, 3.4 Extending Fossil Fuel Reserves, 3.4.1 Deep Sea Oil Production, 3.4.2 Orimulsion, Tar Sand and Shale Derived Fossil Fuels, 3.4.3 Clean Petroleum Product Demand and Supply, 3.4.4 Coal Supply, 3.4.5 Natural Gas Supply, 3.4.5.1 Prospects of Gas Hydrate,4.0 DEVELOPING THE ENERGY FUTURE, 4.1 Development of Alternative Energy Sources, 4.1.1 Nuclear Power, 4.1.2 Towards a Hydrogen Economy, 4.2 Fuel Cell Technology Developments, 4.3 Hydro, Wave, and Current Energy Supply, 4.3.1 Low Head Water Turbines, 4.3.2 Wave Power, 4.3.3 Solar Energy Supply, 4.3.4 Wind Power Supply, 4.3.5 Other Natural Phenomena Energy Opportunities, 4.3.6 Bio Fuel Developments, 4.3.7 Energy Future Impacts, 4.4 Climatic and Environmental Impact Remediation or Saving the World from Self-destruction, 4.4.1 Economic Impact of Environmental Degradation, 4.4.2 Carbon Taxation, 4.4.3 Carbon Sequestration and Catalytic Reduction, 4.4.3.1 Selective Catalytic Reduction, 4.4.4 Energy Balance,5.0 POLITICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE NEW ENERGY FUTURE, 5.1 Population Growth, Social Factors, and Fuel Impacts, 5.1.1 Population Explosion and the Growth of Hatred of the West, 5.2 Effects of the New Energy Environment, 5.3 Political Upheavals, Changes, and Impact on the Oil Markets,6.0 ARABIA: THE CENTER OF THE PETROLEUM WORLD, 6.1 Socio-economic Political Development, 6.1.1 Islam and Democracy, 6.1.2 Development of Arab or Muslim Civilization and Confrontation with the West, 6.2 Opportunities for Arabian Development,7.0 THE GLOBAL ENERGY FUTURE, 7.1 A New Energy Horizon, 7.2 Impact on Arabia and the Persian Gulf, 7.3 New Driving Forces of the Energy Future, 7.4 A New Energy Future, 7.4.1 Energy Consumption, 7.4.2 Renewable Energy, 7.4.3 New Fossil Fuel Sources, 7.4.5 Future Markets and Sources of Energy,CONCLUSIONS: Big is not Synonymous with Beautiful or Much with Civilized,POSTSCRIPT,FINALE, Appendix A Production, Emulsification, Transportation, and Use of Orimulsion, Appendix B The Future of the Automobile as the Major Oil Consumer, Bibliography, Index.... Mehr