Vital Signs 2001
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Vital Signs 2001

The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future

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Vital Signs 2001

The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future

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The global trends documented in Vital Signs 2001—from the rapid increase in the use of wind power to the continued warming of the planet—will play a large role in determining the quality of our lives and our children's lives in this new century.

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Publisher
Island Press
Year
2015
eBook ISBN
9781610916622
Subtopic
Environment & Energy Policy
Notes
FOSSIL FUEL USE FALLS AGAIN
1. Data for 1950–99 data based on United Nations, World Energy Supplies 1950–74 (New York: 1976), p. 3, and on BP Amoco, Statistical Review of World Energy June 2000 (London: Group Media & Publicationas, June 2000), pp. 9, 25, 33; Worldwatch preliminary estimate for 2000 based on ibid., on U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), Monthly Energy Review, December 2000 (Washington, DC: 2000), p. 7, on David Fridley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL), e-mail to author, 24 January 2001, on International Energy Agency (IEA), Oil, Gas, Coal and Electricity Quarterly Statistics, Second Quarter (Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)/IEA, 2000), pp. 400–01, 446–47, on idem, Monthly Oil Market Report (Paris: OECD/IEA, 11 December 2000), pp. 4–14, and on International Gas Union (IGU), “World Gas Review,” IGU Council Meeting, Japan, October 2000, p. 3.
2. BP Amoco, op. cit. note 1.
3. Ibid.
4. Based on United Nations, op. cit. note 1, p. 3, on BP Amoco, op. cit. note 1, on DOE, op. cit. note 1, on LBL, op. cit. note 1, on IEA, Oil, Gas, Coal, op. cit. note 1, on idem, Monthly Oil, op. cit. note 1, and on IGU, op. cit. note 1.
5. DOE, op. cit. note 1.
6. BP Amoco, op. cit. note 1, p. 33; Fridley, op. cit. note 1.
7. BP Amoco, op. cit. note 1, p. 33; Fridley, op. cit. note 1.
8. IEA, Oil, Gas, Coal and Electricity, op. cit. note 1, p. 446.
9. BP Amoco, op. cit. note 1, p. 9; IEA, Monthly Oil Market Report, op. cit. note 1, p. 4.
10. BP Amoco, op. cit. note 1, p. 9; DOE, op. cit. note 1.
11. BP Amoco, op. cit. note 1, p. 9; IEA, Monthly Oil Market Report, op. cit. note 1, p. 4.
12. BP Amoco, op. cit. note 1, p. 9; IEA, Monthly Oil Market Report, op. cit. note 1, p. 4.
13. BP Amoco, op. cit. note 1, p. 25; IGU, op. cit. note 1.
14. BP Amoco, op. cit. note 1, p. 9; DOE, op. cit. note 1.
15. IGU, op. cit. note 1, p. 2.
16. Ibid.
17. International Monetary Fund, The Impact of Higher Oil Prices on the Global Economy (Washington, DC: 8 December 2000); “Worldwide Look at Reserves and Production,” Oil & Gas Journal, 18 December 2000, p. 123; BP Amoco, op. cit. note 1, p. 14; DOE, op. cit. note 1, p. 115.
18. Neela Banerjee, “As Oil Prices Decline, Natural Gas Threatens to Upset the Trend,” New York Times, 18 December 2000.
19. John Varoli, “Energy On Ice,” New York Times, 3 October 2000.
20. DOE, EIA, Potential Oil Production from the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Updated Assessment (Washington, DC: 2000), p. 2; Worldwatch estimate based on ibid. and on BP Amoco, op. cit. note 1, p. 9.
21. IEA, World Energy Outlook 2000 (Paris: OECD/IEA, 2000), p. 22.
22. Ibid.
23. Ibid., p. 23.
24. Ibid., p. 22.
25. Ibid., pp. 22–23.
26. Ibid., p. 21.
NUCLEAR POWER INCHES UP
1. Installed nuclear capacity is defined as reactors connected to the grid as of 31 December 2000, and is based on Worldwatch Institute database compiled from statistics from the International Atomic Energy Agency and press reports primarily from Associated Press, Reuters, Agence FrancePresse, Uranium Institute News Briefing, and Web sites.
2. Worldwatch Institute database, op. cit. note 1.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. See, for example, “FERC OKs Millstone Nuclear Plant Sale to Dominion,” Reuters, 24 January 2001.
8. “Germany Renounces Nuclear Power,” BBC News, <news.bbc.co.uk>, viewed 15 June 2000.
9. “UK,” Uranium Institute News Briefing, 17–23 May 2000.
10. “Sweden,” Uranium Institute News Briefing, 27 September–3 October 2000.
11. “France,” Uranium Institute News Briefing, 22–28 November 2000.
12. “Chernobyl Reactor Restarts Before Final Shutdown,” Agence Press de France, 1 December 2000.
13. “Fuel Extracted from Mothballed Kazakh Nuclear Reactor,” BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union, via EnergyCentral <energycentral.com>, viewed 21 November 2000.
14. Vladimir Slivyak, Socio-Ecological Union, Moscow, e-mail to author, 25 January 2001.
15. CEZ, s.a., “Temporary Tripping of the Turbine,” press release, <cez.cz/jete/tednes/NewsEN>, viewed 4 January 2001.
16. “Austrians Blockade Border to Protest Czech Nuclear Plant,” Agence Press de France, 2 September 2000.
17. “Japan,” Uranium Institute News Briefing, 19–25 April 2000.
18. Department of Atomic Energy (India), “...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Worldwatch Institute Board of Directors
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Foreword
  8. TECHNICAL NOTE
  9. Overview: The Triple Health Challenge
  10. World Grain Harvest Drops
  11. Energy Trends
  12. Atmospheric Trends
  13. Economic Trends
  14. Transportation Trends
  15. Health and Social Trends
  16. Military Trends
  17. Environmental Features
  18. Economy and Finance Features
  19. Resource Economics Features
  20. Transportation Features
  21. Health Features
  22. Social Features
  23. Notes
  24. The Vital Signs Series
  25. The acclaimed series from Worldwatch Institute
  26. You Can Make a Difference