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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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American Energy Initiative, Part 28
Author: The American Energy Initiative: A focus on the outlook for achieving North American energy independence within the decade
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and PowerPublisher:
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
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The American Energy Initiative, Part 28: A Focus on the Outlook for Achieving North American Energy Independence Within the Decade. Serial No. 112-176, September 13, 2012, 112-2 Hearing, *.
Author: The American Energy Initiative
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and PowerPublisher:
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Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 163
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The American Energy Initiative
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and PowerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The American Energy Initiative
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and PowerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Activity Report of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the U.S. House of Representatives ... Together with Dissenting Views
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and CommercePublisher:
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Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Fueling Up
Author: Trevor HouserPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0881326577
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
New drilling techniques for oil and natural gas are propelling an energy production renaissance in the United States. As the US economy struggles to emerge from the Great Recession, many see the boom as a possible source of economic salvation that could reduce unemployment and revitalize American manufacturing. Until now, however, there has been little objective analysis of the energy boom's economic consequences. In this major study, Trevor Houser and Shashank Mohan fill that gap. They assess the impact of the recent and projected increase in domestic energy production on US GDP, employment growth, manufacturing competitiveness, household expenditures, and international trade balance. Alongside its economic impact, the American energy revolution is raising new environmental and trade policy questions. What are the consequences for the environment and global warming of increased domestic oil and gas production? Should companies be allowed to export the energy they produce or will doing so undermine American manufacturing competitiveness? Houser and Mohan provide independent research and analysis that will help policymakers navigate these issues.
Global Trends 2040
Author: National Intelligence CouncilPublisher: Cosimo Reports
ISBN: 9781646794973
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Languages : en
Pages : 158
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"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.
When Trucks Stop Running
Author: A.J. FriedemannPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319263757
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
In lively and engaging language, this book describes our dependence on freight transport and its vulnerability to diminishing supplies and high prices of oil. Ships, trucks, and trains are the backbone of civilization, hauling the goods that fulfill our every need and desire. Their powerful, highly-efficient diesel combustion engines are exquisitely fine-tuned to burn petroleum-based diesel fuel. These engines and the fuels that fire them have been among the most transformative yet disruptive technologies on the planet. Although this transportation revolution has allowed many of us to fill our homes with global goods even a past emperor would envy, our era of abundance, and the freight transport system in particular, is predicated on the affordability and high energy density of a single fuel, oil. This book explores alternatives to this finite resource including other liquid fuels, truck and locomotive batteries and utility-scale energy storage technology, and various forms of renewable electricity to support electrified transport. Transportation also must adapt to other challenges: Threats from climate change, financial busts, supply-chain failure, and transportation infrastructure decay. Robert Hirsch, who wrote the “Peaking of World Oil Production” report for the U.S. Department of Energy in 2005, said that planning for peak world production must start at least 10, if not 20 years ahead of time. What little planning exists focuses mainly on how to accommodate 30 percent more economic growth while averting climate change, ignoring the possibility that we are at, or near, the end of growth. Taken for granted, the modern transportation system will not endure forever. The time is now to take a realistic and critical look at the choices ahead, and how the future of transportation may unfold.
