Wood to Alleviate India's Energy Crisis

Abstract

The energy scene in India, 1981, as envisaged by the National Paper India, presented at the United Nations Conference, Nairobi in August, 1981, has been discussed. Since most fossil fuels are exhaustible and their availability is already posing problems, the rising demands of energy will have to be met increasingly with the renewable resources, mainly wood and hydroelectricity. In view of the future energy and ecological needs, wood is by far the most ideal raw materia1 for energy, structural and industrial needs. We can grow it and multiply this resource in short cycles.