Global Energy Policy and Security

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Leal Filho, Walter (Editor), Voudouris, Vlasios (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Energy, 16
• Subjects: Energy.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Environmental sciences.; Energy industries.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Energy Economics.; Environmental Science and Engineering.

Despite efforts to increase renewables, the global energy mix is still likely to be dominated by fossil-fuels in the foreseeable future, particularly gas for electricity and oil for land, air and sea transport. The reliance on depleting conventional oil and natural gas resources  and the geographic...