Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations and Acronyms; World Energy Assessment Overview; PREAMBLE; PREFACE; 1.0 INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Cradle of the Petroleum Age; 1.2 Future Energy Challenges; 1.3 Assuring Energy Supply Reliability, Quality, and a Clean Environment; 1.3.1 Energy Risk Management; 1.4 How Much Oil is There?; 2.0 ENERGY SUPPLY AND POLICY ISSUES; 2.1 The State of Global Energy Supply; 2.1.1 Petroleum Demand and Supply; 2.2 New Sources of Energy and Energy Developments; 2.2.1 Fossil Fuel Futures; 2.3 Energy Policy Issues and International Impacts; 3.0 DRIVERS OF THE TRANSITION TO A CLEAN AND MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT WORLD; 3.1 Energy Saving Developments; 3.1.1 Home or Residential or Commercial Building Energy; Efficiency; 3.1.1.1 Low Temperature Heat Utilization; 3.1.2 Transportation Energy Efficiency; 3.1.3 Other Energy Saving Developments; 3.2 Environmental Emissions and Reversal of the Greenhouse Effects; 3.2.1 Economic Impact of Environmental Degradation; 3.3 Developments in Electric Power Generation and Distribution; 3.4 Extending Fossil Fuel Reserves; 3.4.1 Deep Sea Oil Production; 3.4.2 Orimulsion, Tar Sand and Shale Derived Fossil Fuels; 3.4.3 Clean Petroleum Product Demand and Supply; 3.4.4 Coal Supply; 3.4.5 Natural Gas Supply; 3.4.5.1 Prospects of Gas Hydrate; 4.0 DEVELOPING THE ENERGY FUTURE; 4.1 Development of Alternative Energy Sources; 4.1.1 Nuclear Power; 4.1.2 Towards a Hydrogen Economy; 4.2 Fuel Cell Technology Developments; 4.3 Hydro, Wave, and Current Energy Supply; 4.3.1 Low Head Water Turbines; 4.3.2 Wave Power; 4.3.3 Solar Energy Supply; 4.3.4 Wind Power Supply; 4.3.5 Other Natural Phenomena Energy Opportunities; 4.3.6 Bio Fuel Developments; 4.3.7 Energy Future Impacts; 4.4 Climatic and Environmental Impact Remediation or Saving the World from Self-destruction; 4.4.1 Economic Impact of Environmental Degradation; 4.4.2 Carbon Taxation; 4.4.3 Carbon Sequestration and Catalytic Reduction; 4.4.3.1 Selective Catalytic Reduction; 4.4.4 Energy Balance; 5.0 POLITICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE NEW ENERGY FUTURE; 5.1 Population Growth, Social Factors, and Fuel Impacts; 5.1.1 Population Explosion and the Growth of Hatred of the West; 5.2 Effects of the New Energy Environment; 5.3 Political Upheavals, Changes, and Impact on the Oil Markets; 6.0 ARABIA: THE CENTER OF THE PETROLEUM WORLD; 6.1 Socio-economic Political Development; 6.1.1 Islam and Democracy; 6.1.2 Development of Arab or Muslim Civilization and Confrontation with the West; 6.2 Opportunities for Arabian Development; 7.0 THE GLOBAL ENERGY FUTURE; 7.1 A New Energy Horizon; 7.2 Impact on Arabia and the Persian Gulf; 7.3 New Driving Forces of the Energy Future; 7.4 A New Energy Future; 7.4.1 Energy Consumption; 7.4.2 Renewable Energy; 7.4.3 New Fossil Fuel Sources; 7.4.5 Future Markets and Sources of Energy; CONCLUSIONS: Big is not Synonymous with Beautiful or Much with Civilized; POSTSCRIPT; FINALE; Appendix A Production, Emulsification, Transportation, and Use of Orimulsion; Appendix B The Future of the Automobile as the Major Oil Consumer; Bibliography; Index.

This book examines the economic impact of changes in the global demand and supply for fossil fuels both on the major producers in Middle Eastern countries around the Persian Gulf, other producers, as well as the world at large. The economic, social and political life of most countries is not only intimately linked to and influenced by the energy market but also affected by historical developments. Among other issues, it shows how the economic, social and political development of societies in Arabia, the peoples of the Arab Peninsula are influenced by their historic and cultural environment, and what the future may bring to this region when their principal economic assets, petroleum and gas, start to lose markets as alternative sources of fossil fuel, alternative, and renewable energy supply the bulk of global energy needs. It also describes how changing fossil fuel costs, access, security of supply, and environmental impacts may affect future economic, social, and political developments as well as technological advances and changes in priorities.