1st Edition

Technology And Soviet Energy Availability

416 Pages
by Routledge

416 Pages
by Routledge

406 Pages
by Routledge

Endowed with abundant energy resources, the Soviet Union is the world's largest oil producer and a major exporter of both oil and gas. Energy exports provide over half of Soviet hard-currency receipts, and subsidized energy sales to Eastern Europe are vital tools of Soviet influence in that region. Despite this enviable position, there have been indications in the past few years that the U.S.S.R.... Read more
1. Summary: Issues and Findings 2. The Soviet Oil and Gas 3. The Soviet Coal Industry 4. The Soviet Nuclear Power Industry 5. The Soviet Electric Power Industry 6. Western Energy Equipment and Technology Trade With the U.S.S.R7. The Prospects for Energy Conservation in the U.S.S.R 8. Energy and the Soviet Economy 9. East European Energy Options 10. The Soviet Bloc and World Energy Markets 11. Japanese-Soviet Energy Relations 12. West European-Soviet Energy Relations 13. Soviet Energy Availability and U.S.

Biography

The Office of Technology Assessment was created in 1972 as an advisory arm of the U.S. Congress.