Industrial Ecology U.S.-Japan Perspectives (1994) / Chapter Skim
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On the one hand, every measure of human well-being has been tremendously enhanced by growth in energy consumption. The benefits of the substitution of commercial energy forms and energy-intensive technologies for labor and primitive renewable energy forms since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution appear to have vastly outweighed the costs (Linden, 1991~.
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In 1993 MITI integrated these three energy R&D programs into the New Sunshine Program in response to concerns over the consequences of energy use for the global environment. The integration of these R&D activities is expected to accelerate innovation of energy and environmental technologies, particularly in key technologies such as catalysts, hydrogen conversion, energy conservation, environmental protection, and high-temperature materials and sensors that have wide application in new energy sources.
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To reduce sulfur content in its heavy oil fuels, TEPCO introduced Minas Oil, which has a sulfur content of 0.1 percent. To reduce NOX emissions from burning fossil fuels, Japanese utilities have developed and applied certain combustion technologies, such as the two-stage combustion denitrification process, flue gas recirculation, lowNOX burners, and in-furnace reduction.
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These changes have caused utilities to make major changes in their business operations. Utilities are no longer accepting electricity demand as fixed but are actively influencing demand through energy efficiency and load management programs, innovative rate design, and strategic load building.
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Experience suggests that it will take roughly a half century of commitment for both refining the technological base to the commercial and public acceptance level required and deploying the results on the scale now provided by fossil feels. To shape this fixture, a global program to use more efficient energy systems and to stimulate development and use of nonfossil energy sources, primarily through electricity, should be organized now.
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1993. Energy and environmental technologies in sustainable development: A view from Japan.
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