Fossil fuels: a crisis of resources or effluents? |
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| Authors: | NIGEL H WOODCOCK |
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| Institution: | Nigel Woodcock teaches in the Department of Earth Sciences and at Clare College, University of Cambridge;. |
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| Abstract: | Most professional geologists are employed to find oil, gas and coal. They work for a society constantly concerned about future supplies of fossil fuels. Yet now the global atmospheric pollution from burning these fuels threatens to harm society sooner than any shortage of resources. Caught amidst the fossil fuel debate, how should geologists respond? |
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