ENERGY, THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS, 1979.

This publication consists of two books, of which one is the report by a study group on the present energy situation and the perspectives for the next 20 years, the other is a collection of 12 background papers for that report. The central message of the report is that energy - expensive today - is likely to be more expensive tomorrow and that society as a whole will gain from a resolute effort to make the price that the user pays for energy, and for saving energy, reflect its true value. All the background papers fall basically into two groups. One deals with largely domestic issues, the other with foreign experience and policies. The subjects cover energy analysis and forecasting of energy demands and resources, the role of price regulations in energy policy, institutional abstracts to industrial cogeneration, the political future of the world oil market, etc.