Domestic energy

It is easy enough to describe and even quantify domestic energy use as it has changed over the centuries and particularly since 1900, but it is much more difficult to assess how these changes have affected society, culture, and individuals for better or for worse. Ruth Schwartz Cowan argued in More Work for Mother (1983) that this new domestic technology resulted in the disappearance of domestic ser-... 

See also-. Climatic Effects Consumption Domestic Energy Use Electric Motor Systems Electric Power, Generation of Electric Power, System Protection, Control, and Monitoring of Electric Power Substations Electric Power Transmission and Distribution Systems Government and the Energy Marketplace Regulation and Rates for Electricity. 

Cogeneration Technologies District Heating and Cooling Domestic Energy Use... 

Greece 4.6 Wind, biomass, lignite, NG (strong focus on domestic energy sources) 9-16a... 

This work is clearly one in a row of projects originating from the Swedish Parliaments Energy Bill in 1981, which stated energy systems are to be developed, which are primarily based on lasting, preferably renewable and domestic energy sources with the smallest possible environmental impact. This bill was a consequence of the oil crisis in the mid 70 s, which was a shock for the Swedish society and showed how dependent Sweden was on imported oil. [4]... 

Coal liquefaction offers the utility industry an option, based on domestic energy resources, with which to meet its need for liquid fuels. In 1977, generation of electricity consumed, as shown in table 1, 188,000 BPD of distillate fuels and 1,469,000 BPD of residual oil. (1 )... 

The title of my paper "The Future of Coal as a Source of Synthetic Fuels", might better have been stated as "Is There a Future for Coal as a Source of Synthetic Fuel" In which case, my answer would be that if Washington continues on its present incredible suicidal direction of destroying our domestic energy base, there is no future for coal for synthetic fuels and in fact, there is no future for synthetic fuels from coal or from anything else. This is particularly true for the next 10 to 20 years - after that, there could be a future for both. 

Our domestic oil production and natural gas production have been declining at the rate of about five percent per year. Natural gas production in 1977 and 1978 stopped declining and this may be a signal that the marketplace is alive and well and operating at least at the intrastate level. Our coal production in 1978 was less than 1977. Nuclear power will also increase our supply of domestic energy in 1978 but there have been no new nuclear plants ordered during the past two to three years. 

The immorality of depriving less developed countries, not as capable as the United States in meeting their needs with domestic energy supplies, of the oil that is available on the world market. 

Europe, and the less developed countries without significant oil and gas resources. This, in turn, could result in economic depression, internal political instability and, possibly, armed conflicts (i.e., resource wars) - all of which would place an enormous financial and military burden on the United States. Certainly the U.S.S.R. and its primary trading partners, in spite of what appears to be a somewhat more favorable domestic energy resource picture, would not want a serious world crisis over energy in view of the sad history of previous world confrontations over essential raw materials. 

With its large size, the chemical industry is a large user of energy, and it consumed about 7 percent of all domestic energy and about 25 percent of all energy used in manufacturing. In 1985, the industry used 3,567 trillion Btu, in... 

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