Less Energy, a Better Economy, and a Sustainable South Korea: An Energy Efficiency Scenario Analysis  

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Young-Doo, Wang ; Byrne, John ; Jung, wk Kim ; Jong, dall Kim ; Kyung-Jin, Boo ; Sun-Jin, Yun ; Yu, Mi Mun ; Chung-Kyung, Kim ; Yongkyeong, Soh ; Takuo, Yamaguchi

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society vol. 22 no. 2 (Apr. 2002), page 110-122.
Topik: energy efficiency; sustainable development; scenario analysis; nuclear moratorium
Fulltext: 110BSTS222.pdf (137.3KB)

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An energy efficiency scenario (Joint Institute for a Sustainable Energy and Environmental Future) demonstrates that an energy future built on the use of costeffective, high-efficiency technologies is clearly within the grasp of South Korea and would justify a nuclear power moratorium with significantly lower carbon dioxide emissions. This is a promising result, especially because applications of other sustainable energy options, such as renewables, decentralized technologies, material recycling/reuse, ecologically based land use planning, forest conservation, sustainable agriculture, and redirection of economic development toward an environment-friendly industrial base, are not included in the analysis. Here lies one of the most fundamental policy choices of the newcentury: Willwe build a sustainable energy and environmental future, or will we send forward the burdens and risks of a policy regime that is unwilling to value the future beyond the satisfaction of short-term interests and convenience? It is a critical time for South Korean policy making.

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