Abstract
Increases in the price of conventional forms of energy and in many cases reductions in their availability are now generally understood to be inevitable. This is due to a number of factors:
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the finite nature of most conventional forms of energy
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the inordinate power over oil price of the OPEC cartel
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the regional and international discrepancies that exist between energy supply and demand
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the potentially serious health and environmental questions regarding the use of nuclear fuels and coal
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the increasing demands being made from Third World countries for fossil fuels as they continue to industrialize
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the increasing demand for all forms of energy in the developed world.
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Balatinecz, J.J. (1983). The Potential Role of Densification in Biomass Utilization. In: Côté, W.A. (eds) Biomass Utilization. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series, vol 67. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0833-2_10
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