A study of the economic, social-political, and environmental consequences of using renewable energy technologies (RETs, e.g., photovoltaics, wind, solar thermal, biofuels) as compared to those of conventional energy technologies (CETs, e.g., oil, coal, gas) would show that RETs are singularly...

The environmental effects of past and predicted energy utilization in Turkey are discussed. Long-term strategies and control measures are given for the industrial, agricultural, and domestic sectors and power plants. Projected long-term (1995–2010) economic and environmental remedial measures...