VOL. XXXIX

No. 15

8-January-1996

OPEC

Downstream Energy: Resuming A Leadership Role

by John C. Gault

The following is the text of a presentation by Dr. John C. Gault to the Aspen (Colorado) Environmental Roundtable on 18 September 1995. Dr. Gault is an economist specializing in energy-related issues, based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Energy has always been central to human existence. During most of the human era, energy meant hard work and muscle power - human muscles augmented by those...