Page,12 RAIN Sept/Oct 197 S ENERGY-General continued from page 11 Information from ERDA: Weekly Announcements, available free from~ U.S. Energy Research & Development Administration · ' Washington, D.C. 20545 Covers everything done in any connection with ERDA: reports, conferences, RFPs (resuests for proposals), contract awards in energy conservation, energy generation, conversion, transmission and use; in solar, wind, nuclear, coal, oil, transportation, storage, geothermal fusion. ' prevailing , wind -----v 2., Ventilation Shaft in Pakistan House· Energy Conservation and Economic Growth-Are .They Incompatible? $1 from: The Conference Board Record Box 908, FDR Station New York, NY 10022 The Board, a non-profit business research organization, .concludes that a substantial degree of energy conserva- ' tion is an attainable·u.s. goal without ill economic effects. Ecosystem Structure-& Function: 31st Annual Biology Colloquium Proceedings, ed. by John A. Wiens, 17 6 pp. Oregon State University Press P.O. Box 689 Corvallis, OR 97330 A hidden treasure for those who wonder at the work of natural systems. AU the heavies are here: Eugene P. Odum ("energetic" Howard's brother) explaining energy flow circuits and budgets in ecosystem development an_d their relevance to h~man affairs such as land use planning; the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest starring itself with Likens & Borman interpreting its complex workings under the stresses of clear cutting; Frank Galley on "Energy Flux in Ecosystems" describes the factors which may set limits to energy production. Full of useful diagrams, tables a:1d graphs. Amazing what we.knew in 1970. "A National Plan for Energy Research, Development and Demonstration: Cre1, ating Choices for the Future," Vol. II, ERDA-48, available from: Technical Information 'Center , Oak Ridge Operations Office, ERDA Box.62 · Oak Ridge, TN 37830 . Vol. I, submitted to Congress June 30, 197 5, outlined energy R&D priorities for near-, mid- and long-term and summarized proposed implementation. Vol. II elaborates on imple~entation. "Coming: the Real Energy Crisis~' by . Dr. Lewis R. Conta, Dean, College of Engineering, Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, and membei: of ASME (Amer. Soc, of Mech. Engineers), in Mechanical Engineering, Aug. 1975, p. 18-24. ·"If we don't get off the exponential growth curvie, the year 2000 could unfold on·a U.S. landscape dotted with 3000 1000-MW fossil and nuclear power plants. A grievous price· will have been paid: capital cost-$2 trillion; water for condenser cooling-more than 2/3 the total runoff of our major rivers; and the ecological impact.:..a possible disastrous climatological effecting resulting from the massive . , heat flux. A far more vigorous conservation · effort is needed until solar energy, sea thermal, or another self-renewing system-virtually· pollution°free of heat, gaseous and particulate matter-becomes commercially feasible." Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), Third Workshpp Proceedi~gs, Gordon L. Dugger, ed'., APL/JHU SR, ·75.2, Aug. 1975. Available from: · The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins Rd. Laurel, MD 20810 Exte11sive diagrams, illustrations, schematic and reports on OTEC and attending technologies, including flywheel storage, power transmission ·and thermal gradient maps of U.S. waters. Does anyone know what·happens to Great Britain if we suck heat from the warm Gulf Stream? Or the Newfoundland fisheries? Energy·and Food: Energy Used in Production, ~ocessing~ Delivery 4nd Marketing of Selected /i'ood Items, by. Fritsch, Dujack & Jimerson, CSPI Energy Series VI, June '75, $4 from: Center for Science in the Public Interest 1776 Church St. N.W. Washington, DC 20036 More numbers on the energy inherent in different foods at eacq step in their route to our dinner tables. A basic reference in this area as well as a primer on energy-intensive agriculture and on ways to reduce energy consumption while .keeping high nutrition standar<;ls. Energy: The Po'fl)er of the States, 237 pp., write: Jan L. Mills, Director Center for Governmental Responsibility Holland Law Center, U. of Fla. Gainesville, FL (904) 392-2237 Prepared for the Fla. Energy Committee, deals with federa1 and state authority in :the energy area, various phases of energy control: exploration,' leasing, produc- 'tioh of energy, and processing.and conversion of natural resources. This plus publications by the Council of St.at~ Governments would be usefµl to.the energy-a~are legislator. . The fuel .reserve estimates con'tinue to drop: the 'u.s. Geological Survey now says that there is 80% less oil available than previously estimated off the 'Atlantic Coast. Meanwhile, in California, a bill has passed the l~gislature and been signed by G·orernor Brown that effectively delays leasing oil lands for drilling off the California coast for a few more years by banning construction o,f new oil pipelines acrqss state-owned tidelands till 1978. (Source: Not Man Apart, midSeptember, 197 5) "Delphi Analysis of Energy Costs" is being conducted by: Prof. James R. Albers Systems/Simulations Huxley College of Enivronmental I · Studies 530 Old Main Western Wash. State College Bellingham, WA 98225 Write if you wish to participate. Peadline for first round is Nov. 1, with the first return to all participants approx. mid-November. ,.. Tchuba, American Committee for Cape Verde Rm. 416 14 Beacon St. Boston, MA 02108 Starting a library on appropriate, renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. Send 3 of everything to R. Michael Fr~richman (one for files in Boston, one for Cape Verde files and one for United N,ations files) Energy Technology II-Proceedings, 2nd Energy Technology·Conference. $14.95 from: · Government Institutes, Inc. 4733 Bethesda Ave. Bethesda, MD 20014 343 pp., June 1,975. Covers fossil, nuclear, international activities, conservation, storage and t,ransmission, solar · energy, policy and legislation, and includes a list of attendees.
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