Energies future developments

A National Plan for Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Creating Energy Choicesfor the Future, Energy Research and Development Administration, Washington, D.C., 1976. 

The London-based International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) is the second largest energy futures exchange in the world, listing futures contracts that represent the pricing benchmarks for two-thirds of the world s crude oil and the majority of middle distillate traded in Europe. IPE natural gas futures may also develop into an international benchmark as the European market develops larger sales volume. 

It is also interesting to look into the future use of sensors in household appliances. An attempt to do this is made in Chapter 6 where the influence factors in this broad field are analyzed. These include socio-economic data of the end users (like age of the population) and their preferences (like savings of energy, water and detergents), ease of use and cost of ownership, as described in Chapter 6.1. One specific and interesting future development can be foreseen - the integration of home appliances into heretofore strictly separated areas, such as... 

In this chapter the basic theory of the structurally coupled QM/MM is summarized. This is followed by some technical points important in the practical use of the method. In particular, details about the treatment of the QM/MM boundary are discussed. The thermodynamically coupled quantum mechanical/ free energy (QM/FE) method is then introduced. Some representative applications of QM/MM methods are then described. The examples are selected to provide a representative picture of the potential applications of QM/MM methods on studies of reaction mechanisms. Here there is special emphasis on recent advances in the computational methodologies and in the future developments needed to improve the applicability of the methods. 

Future developments in energy technology can alter the relative economics of nuclear, hydrocarbon, solar, wind, and other methods of energy generation. Conservation if practiced extensively as a replacement to hydrocarbon and nuclear power means a major step backward for our modern world. 

Projections on the future development of global energy demand... 

Figure 3.4 shows the past and expected future development of global energy-related C02 emissions for selected years, from 1971 until 2030 for the above-described IEA Reference Scenario. According to this scenario, global C02 emissions will increase by 1.7% per year over the projection period, from 26.1 Gt in 2004 to 40.4 Gt in 2030 (see also Chapter 2). 

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