A Comment on Energy, the Big Picture, by Dr.Gavin Longmuir
Article from: OGEL 2 (2004), in Economic and Commercial Context for Oil, Gas and Energy Law
Introduction
Dr Longmuir's article is a rapid gallop through a range of topics relevant to the current debate on energy scarcity, taking a broad approach to the complex topics of current and future energy use, scarcity and potential remedies, and the essay could readily be extended to form a book. It is a succinct account and useful counter to the illogical comment often passing for informed discussion. Of the various energy options, it is apparent that wind energy is going to get one nowhere. Land-based wind power suffers from over-high costs compared to fossil fuel on a life cycle basis, and ...