Renewable Fuels and the Future Security of U.S. Energy Supplies
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 128
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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 128
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard G. Lugar
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Published: 1996-06-01
Total Pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9780788135729
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes statements by Senators Richard Lugar, Charles Grassley, Kent Conrad, & Tom Daschle; Amb. R. James Woolsey, Former Director, CIA; Joseph Romm, Asst. Sec. for Energy Efficiency & Renewables; Richard Moore, Assoc. Deputy Asst. Sec. for Transportation Technologies; Keith Collins, Chief Economist, Dept. of Ag.; Roger Conway, Director, Office of Energy & New Uses, Dept. of Ag.; Mark Carver & John Campbell, AGP, Inc.; T. Jack Huggins, Pekin Energy; & Gen. G. Lee Butler, Former Commander U.S. Strategic Air Command, Chairman, Bioclean Fuels. Statements by governors of North Dakota & Oklahoma.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 118
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. National Energy Policy Development Group
Publisher: Group Publishing (Company)
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 190
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2010-01-14
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 0309141451
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnergy production and use touch our lives in countless ways. We are reminded of the cost of energy every time we fill up at the gas pump, pay an electricity bill, or purchase an airline ticket. Energy use also has important indirect impacts, not all of which are reflected in current energy prices: depletion of natural resources, degradation of the environment, and threats to national security arising from a growing dependence on geopolitically unstable regions for some of our energy supplies. These indirect impacts could increase in the future if the demand for energy rises faster than available energy supplies. Our nation's challenge is to develop an energy portfolio that reduces these impacts while providing sufficient and affordable energy supplies to sustain our future economic prosperity. The United States has enormous economic and intellectual resources that can be brought to bear on these challenges through a sustained national effort in the decades ahead. America's Energy Future is intended to inform the development of wise energy policies by fostering a better understanding of technological options for increasing energy supplies and improving the efficiency of energy use. This summary edition of the book will also be a useful resource for professionals working in the energy industry or involved in advocacy and researchers and academics in energy-related fields of study. America's Energy Future examines the deployment potential, costs, barriers, and impacts of energy supply and end-use technologies during the next two to three decades, including energy efficiency, alternative transportation fuels, renewable energy, fossil fuel energy, and nuclear energy, as well as technologies for improving the nation's electrical transmission and distribution systems.
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2010-04-05
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 030913708X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA component in the America's Energy Future study, Electricity from Renewable Resources examines the technical potential for electric power generation with alternative sources such as wind, solar-photovoltaic, geothermal, solar-thermal, hydroelectric, and other renewable sources. The book focuses on those renewable sources that show the most promise for initial commercial deployment within 10 years and will lead to a substantial impact on the U.S. energy system. A quantitative characterization of technologies, this book lays out expectations of costs, performance, and impacts, as well as barriers and research and development needs. In addition to a principal focus on renewable energy technologies for power generation, the book addresses the challenges of incorporating such technologies into the power grid, as well as potential improvements in the national electricity grid that could enable better and more extensive utilization of wind, solar-thermal, solar photovoltaics, and other renewable technologies.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 47
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Bernell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-04-14
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 1136731652
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book analyzes the energy security of the United States – its ability to obtain reliable, affordable, and sufficient supplies of energy while meeting the goals of achieving environmental sustainability and protecting national security. The economic and national security of the United States is largely dependent upon fossil fuels, especially oil. Without significant changes to current practices and patterns of energy production and use, the domestic and global impacts – security, economic, and environmental – are expected to become worse over the coming decades. Growing US and global energy demands need to be met and the anticipated impacts of climate change must be avoided – all at an affordable price, while avoiding conflict with other nations that have similar goals. Bernell and Simon examine the current and prospective landscape of American energy policy, from tax incentives and mandates at the federal and state level to promote wind and solar power, to support for fracking in the oil and natural gas industries, to foreign policies designed to ensure that markets and cooperative agreements — not armies, navies and rival governments — control the supply and price of energy resources. They look at the variety of energy related challenges facing the United States and argue that public policies designed to enhance energy security have at the same time produced greater insecurity in terms of fostering rising (and potentially unmet) energy needs, national security threats, economic vulnerability, and environmental dangers.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power
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Published: 2013
Total Pages: 212
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 160
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