Published in:Jülich : Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek, Verlag, Schriften des Forschungszentrums Jülich. Reihe Umwelt / Environment 64, 296 S. (2006).
Language:
German
ISBN:
3-89336-445-5
ISSN:
1433-5530
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Description:
Shaping the developments of network-based supply systems is a difficult challenge in the context of preparing for the future. The structures for supplying the public with the basic goods electricity, gas and water, and also telecommunication services, have become the subject of public debates. A sustainable future for the supplies is being sought: measures for protecting the climate have been requested; citizens have committed themselves to opposing not only planned power stations, and coal mining, but also wind power plants; energy resources like coal, oil and natural gas are becoming scarce and expensive. At the same time, the supply utilities must meet the challenges of privatization, market openings and globalization. The pressure of high costs necessitates savings. The question is which choices are open within the framework of these determining factors. "Sustainability" is an uncontested guideline for shaping the future of supplies. Several proposals for sustainably securing future supplies have already been discussed, e. g. making the supply systems more efficient by means of modern telecommunications, or relying more on decentralized energy generation and the utilization of renewable energy sources as a way out of the CO$_{2}$ problematic. However, what specific requirements will pave the way for a sustainable path into the future remains unclear. On one hand, there is the problem of "normativity" of the sustainability concept. lt is a matter of the subjective aims and values in a society, which in the end evade a scientific decidability. Thus there are different and often controversial concepts about what is meant by sustainable supplies. On the other hand, decisions must be made under conditions of great uncertainty. How and in which direction the supply sectors will develop and which ecological, economical and social effects could be associated with these directions still remains open. lt is also unclear what positions stakeholders will take on different future supply options. Setting the course for a ...