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Energy and the Environment Summit

The two OPEC oil crises in the 1970s showed us how dependent we are on energy, and taught us that fossil fuel supplies are limited. Although the downturn in the world economy has slowed the growth of world energy demand and encouraged energy efficiency, current levels of consumption are clearly unsustainable. Energy analysis is one means by which we understand the workings of complex systems, be they economic, industrial or environmental. It may be unsettling to know that scientists are not in agreement on such crucial issues as renewable energy sources. For almost 20 years, this disagreement has frustrated policy makers, and often incapacitated the Department of Energy. This mini-summit will bring together scientists with divergent opinions on the nature of energy analysis and consumption and begin to establish an updated set of ground rules for energy systems analysis. This is the first meeting of such magnitude since 1975, when many of these same scientists met Stockholm, Sweden.

Organizers:

• Robert J. King, Good Company Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 12003, Austin, TX.

• Martin Munroe, LBJ School of Public Affairs, Austin, TX.

• Jurgen Schmandt, LBJ School of Public Affairs, Austin, TX.

• Jay Harris, Boston, MA.

Participants:

• Howard T. Odum, Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32601; author, Systems Ecology, 1988 Winner of The Crawford Prize in Ecology from the Royal Swedish Academy of Science.

• Malcolm Slesser, University of Edinburgh, Center for Human Ecology, 15 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LN Scotland, U.K. Convenor of 1974 IFIAS Workshops on Energy Analysis.

• Daniel T Spreng, Author, Net Energy Analysis.

• Milton Holloway, Southwest Econometrics, Austin, TX.

• Lorin Van Hull, Energy Lab, University of Houston.

• David Scienceman, Center for Wetlands, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

• Robert Kaufmann, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215. Co-author, Beyond Oil and Resource Quality.

• Cutler Cleveland, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215. Co-author, Beyond Oil and Resource Quality.

• Roger Nail, Batelle Laboratories, Washington, D.C.

• Debbie Gordon, Union of Concerned Scientists, 1616 P Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036; (202) 332 - 0900.

• Faye Duchin, Director, Institute for Economic Analysis, New York University, 269 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10003.

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