The term "sustainable development" describes certain
proposals designed to provide the present generation with
such needs as food, shelter, and energy while sustaining the
environment or stock of natural resources for future
generations. The purpose of this paper was to analyze the
relationship between sustainable development and current
U.S. petroleum policy.
Information was gathered from newspapers, journals,
government publications, and other relevant literature. The
paper provided an overview of sustainable development, a
history of u.s. petroleum policy, and an analysis of the
congruence of sustainable development and current u.s.
petroleum policy.
The analysis showed that U.S. petroleum policy does
not reflect the tenets of sustainable development. The
paper examined three factors, other than the structure of
America's government and decision-making process, that
might explain the discrepancy between sustainable
development and U.S. petroleum policy. These factors were
widespread political inaction among Americans, negative
interpretations of sustainable development, and a similarity
between the intentions underlying both sustainable
development and the problems it seeks to solve. The paper
closed with some general speculations about sustainable
development. / Graduation date: 1992
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/37266 |
| Date | 20 September 1991 |
| Creators | Talmage, Catherine |
| Contributors | Shepard, W. Bruce |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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