Opportunities.

The development of patterns of energy generation and use which can be sustained into the future is increasingly seen as urgent, given growing concerns about the potential social and economic impacts of climate change due to the combustion of fossil fuels. The prospects for the main non­fossil energy options, nuclear power and renewable energy, are reviewed, as are the prospects for energy conservation and carbon sequestration. The economic, social and environmental implications of the development of sustainable energy system are then explored, and some of the strategic technological choices that lie ahead, both for the UK and elsewhere, are identified.