Table Of ContentSTUDIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 16
MANKIND AND ENERGY:
NEEDS - RESOURCES - HOPES
PROCEEDINGS OF A STUDY WEEK
AT THE
PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
November 10-15, 1980
EDITED BY
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ANDRE BLANC LAPIERRE
ELSEVIER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
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1982
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Study Week on Mankind and Energy (1980: Pontifical Academy of Sciences)
Mankind and energy.
(Studies in environmental science; 16) (Pontificiae Academiae Scientiatum scripta
varia; 46)
Bibliography: p.
1. Power resources - Congresses. 2. Environmental protection - Congresses.
3. Energy policy - Congresses. I. Blanc-Lapierre, Andre. 11. Pontificia Academia
delle scienze. 111. Title. IV. Series. V. Series: Pontificiae Academiae Scientiarum
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FOREWORD
One of tbe most distressing problems which humanity must face before
the end of this century is the energy problem. As we all know, our
civilization is based on expendable energy. Every effort must now be
made to find not only more effective, more economical methods to use
new sources of energy, but also how to use renewable sources in a way
that is effective and economic as well.
W e must bear in mind that the principal source of energy on our
planet is furnished by the sun and that we are still far from being able
to use it as we would like.
His Holiness Pope John Paul 11, addressing the members of the
Study Week on Humanity and Energy, very clearly pointed out the most
important aspects of the problem. This is not limited to questions of
a scientific or economic order; it goes beyond these limits alzd is com-
plicated by the errors arising from the very context of the culture of each
country.
The Study Week, whose proceedings are published in this volume, at-
tempted to approach the problem holistically. Evidently, despite the
considerable efforts of the participants, the extent of their knowledge and
experience, and their desire to find the perhaps magic formula which
could solve the binomial mankind-energy, the problem has not been com-
pletely solved. This is because in one part of this field - I would even say
in its major part - we still lack not only the indispensable scientific know-
ledge but also the information of a sociological and economic order, which
varies so greatly that it makes precise forecasting impossible.
Nevertheless, I believe that the Study Week, which was organized
by the Pontifical Academician Professor Blanc-Lapierre, was a great suc-
eess, thanks to the freedom of expression which characterizes the work
of the participants. and to the desire of all those present to make a positive
of the Pontifical Academy of Science, to the very representative choice
contribution to the understanding and the solution of this problem. The
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book which we here present is undoubtedly a contribution to this important
question and can serve as a basis for further discussions in the study of the
different projects. It is not my intention here to emphasize the important
data contained in the conclusions reached, but I believe that they are sub-
stantially correct and indispensable to progress regarding this problem
which preoccupies both the industrialized world and the developing
countries.
I wish to thank the Pontifical Academician Prof. Blanc-Lapierre -
assisted by Prof. Jean Bussac - for his constant dedication and for the
very difficult work of organizing a Study Week. For a whole year, with
great zeal he has placed all his intelligence at the service of this undertak-
ing. Surely, Prof. Blanc-Lapierre’s preeminence in the scientific and
technological world has helped him, but what I have especially admired
during these months in which he has worked for the success of his mission
is the constant devotion and interest which have permitted him to ac-
complish his task brilliantly. The pages of this text bear witness to this.
Furthermore I wish to express my deepest appreciation to Rev. Father
Enrico di Rovasenda, Director of the Chancellery of the Academy and to
Mrs. Michelle Porcelli-Studer, Secretary of the Chancellery, as well as to
Mr. Silvio Devoto for the flawless organisation of the meeting and their
constant zeal and help during its development.
Finally I also want to thank Mrs. Gilda Massa for her help in prepar-
ing the transcriptions of the discussions and the final revision of the
proceedings.
CARLOSC HAGAS
President of the Pontifical Acdemy
of Sciences
LIST OF THE PARTICIPANTS
IN THE STUDY WEEK
Prof. A.M. ANGELINIH, onorary President of the Ente Nazionale per
1’Energia Elettrica (E.N.E.L.), Via G.B. Martini 3, Roma - Italy.
Prof. A. BLANC-LAPIERRPEr,o fessor at the University of Paris, La-
boratoire des Signaux & Systemes, Ecole Superieure d’Electricit6, Plateau
du Moulon, 911 90 Gif-szlr-Yvette - France.
Prof. C. CHAGASI,n stituto de Biofisica, Centro de Ciencias da Saude,
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21910 Ilha do Fundiio, Rio de
Janeiro - Brazil.
Prof. U. COLOMBOP,r esident of the Comitato Nazionale per 1’Ener-
gia Nucleare (C.N.E.N.), Viale Regina Margherita 125, Roma - Italy.
J. COUTUREP,r esident of the Institut Frangais de I’Energie, 29, Bou-
levard Haussmann, Paris - France.
A. DANZINP, resident of the ComitC EuropCen de Recherche et de
DCveloppement (C.E.R.D.), 41, Avenue KICber, Paris - France.
P. DESPRAIRIESPr, esident of the Institut Frangais du Pitrole, Boite
Postale no. 3 11, 92506 Rued Malmaison Ce‘dex - France.
Prof. J. DOBEREINERU,n iversity of Rio de Janeiro, EMBRAPA-SNLCS-
PFN, Km. 47, 23460 Seropgdica, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.
Prof. D. HALL,U niversity of London, King’s College, Department of
Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, 68 Half Moon Lane, London
SE24 9JF - England.
J. KONANG, eneral Director of the Energie Electrique de la C6te
d’Ivoire, Boite Postale 1345, Abidjan - C6te d’Ivoire.
Rev. Fatlher P. LAURENTP, rofessor at the Institut Catholique de
Paris, 15, Rue Raymond-Marcheron, 92170 Vanves - France.
Prof. L. LEPRINCE-RINGUEMTe, mber of the AcadCmie Frangaise, 86,
rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris - France.
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Prof. J. LESOURNEC, onservatoire National des Arts et MCtiers,
Chaire d’Economie et Statistiques Industrielles, 292, Rue Saint-Martin,
75141 Paris Cedex 03 - France.
Prof. G.B. MARINI-BETT~LIsOti,t uto di Chimica, Facolt; di Medi-
cina, Universiti Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Pineta Sacchetti 644 and
Istituto di Chimica Generale, Universiti, Roma - Italy.
Dr. J. PARIKH,I nternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis,
IIASA, Schloss Laxenburg, 2361 Laxenburg - Austria.
Prof. L. PARISD, irector of the Study and Research Department of
the Ente Nazionale per 1’Energia Elettrica (E.N.E.L.),V ia G.B. Martini 3,
Roma - Italy.
Dr. J. PASZTORW, orld Council of Churches, 150 Route de Ferney,
1211 GenPve 20 - Switzerland.
M. PEREZ-GUERRERCOo,n seiIler du PrCsident de la RCpublique pour
les Affaires Economiques Internationales, Apartado 80 597 Prados del
Este, Caracas - Venezuela.
Prof. G. PORTERD, irector and Fullerian Professor of Chemistry, The
Royal Institution, 21, Albemarle Street, London WIX 4BD - England.
Prof. G. PUPPI,P rofessor of Physics, Via Dante 2/2”, 40125 Bologna
- Italy.
G. RODR~GUEEZL IZARRARAESxe, cutive Secretary, Organisation La-
tino-AmCricaine d’Energie (OLADE), San Gregorio 120 y 10 de Agosto,
Casilla 119, Quito - Ecuador.
Prof. C. SALVETTIV, ice President of the Comitato Nazionale per
1’Energia Nucleare (C.N.E.N.), Viale Regina Margherita 125, Roma - Italy.
Ing. G. SANCHEZ-SIERROAr,g anisation Latino-AmCricaine d’Energie,
(OLADE), San Gregorio 120 y 10 de Agosto, Casilla 119, Quito - Ecuador.
Dr. W. SASS IN, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis,
IIASA, Schloss Laxenburg, 2361 Laxenburg - Austria.
Dr. D. SCHMITT,S taatswissenschaftliches Seminar der Universitat zu
Koln, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 5000 Koln 41 - Germany.
Prof. H.K. SCHNEIDERS,t aatswissenschaftliches Seminar der Univer-
sitat zu Koln, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 5000 KoZn 41 - Germany.
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Dr. J. SILVAA RAUJON ETO, Instituto NacionaI de Tecnologia, Av.
Venezuela, 82-sala 304, 20081 Rio de Jalzeiro - Brad.
C. STARR,V ice-chairman Electric Power Research Institute, 3412
Hillview Avenue, Post Office Box 10412, Palo Alto, California 94303
- U. S. A.
Prof. H. TABORT, he Scientific Research Foundation, Hebrew Uni-
versity Campus, P.O. Box 3745, Jertlsalem - Israel.
Prof. J. TEILLACH, aut-Commissaire i 1’Energie Atomique, 29-33,
rue de la Fidiration, Paris XV - France.
Prof. R. VAN OVERSTRAETKEaNth,o lieke Universiteit Leuven, De-
partement Elektrotechniek, Kardinaal Mercierlaan 94, 3030 Heverlee -
Belgium.
Prof. C. WILSOND, irector World Coal Study, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 - U.S.A.
