A comparative analysis of fuel price forecasts

Abstract

A comparative analysis of four sets of fuel price forecasts is made for each of the four primary energy sources: coal, oil, natural gas and uranium. These forecasts, together with historical data over the period from 1960 to 1977, are presented in graphical and tabular form to the year 2000. A graphical summary is then made of a synthesized forecast considered most likely for each fuel, plotted in common units of 1977 cents per million BTU, showing relative trends among competing energy forms.