RAND energy and environmental analyses help contextualize the effects of existing and proposed energy policies on the environment. Building on a long history of policy research, RAND helps balance the need for environmental protections and economic development.
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An abridgment of results of a study on energy policy issues facing California, reported in full in Energy Alternatives for California: Paths to the Future, R-1793.
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A discussion of feasibility of using marginal cost pricing for electricity rates.
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Outlines U.S. nuclear reactor development and demonstration experience, between 1946 and 1963. The pressurized water reactor was selected in 1953 because it promised short-term reliable nuclear power rather than long-run cheap power. It was assumed...
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Reviews the development of nuclear power reactors in the United States, Great Britain, France, West Germany, Canada, and the Soviet Union. The paper discusses the acceptance or rejection of respective national reactor types and what factors influence...
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Energy Conservation in Nonresidential Buildings.
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Examines short- and long-term measures to reduce the consumption of petroleum jet fuels by the U.S. Air Force.
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Very large airplanes using alternative fuels are examined in the context of existing and possible future U.S. Air Force missions.
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Very large airplanes using alternative fuels are examined in the context of existing and possible future U.S. Air Force missions. Synthetic jet fuel, liquid methane, liquid hydrogen, and nuclear propulsion are the fuel alternatives selected for detailed analysis. Conceptual designs of airplanes using each of these fuels were developed, and estimates were made of their life-cycle cost and life-cycle energy consumption.
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A model of demand for alternative forms of energy is developed which separately identifies short- and long-run adjustments in response to changes in energy prices and other factors related to energy demand.
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On August 20, 1974, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) made public 14 volumes of the [Reactor Safety Study: An Assessment] [of Accident Risks in U.S. Commercial] [Nuclear Power Plants]. The AEC took two years, and a reported $3 million dollars, to ...
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Prepared for the 1975 meeting of the Western Economic Association. In the continuing debate over the advantages and disadvantages of a gasoline tax as opposed to a general petroleum tax or some form of rationing of gasoline or other petroleum product...
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Testimony presented at hearings on the California Nuclear Safeguards Initiative discussing possible effects of the passage of the initiative. Using projections of electricity use developed at RAND, the author suggests that generating capacity could b...
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A review of research into energy problems and policy conducted at RAND since 1970. This research served as the basis for hearings by the California State Assembly in 1973, and resulted in the introduction of a number of energy bills in the State Sena...
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Addresses the uncertain potential of solar energy and the question of a transferable property interest in sunlight. Such a property right by landowners, even though transferable, would be likely to facilitate solar heating and cooling systems in Cal...
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Describes an automobile design model that assesses the effects of design changes on fuel economy, lifetime energy required, sticker price, and annual cost of ownership of automobiles having specified acceleration capabilities, passenger and trunk ...
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Estimates consumption of all forms of energy in the residential sector, broken down by the major end uses, for each of the nine census regions of the United States for the base year 1970.
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Conserving Electricity by Ordinance : A Statistical Analysis
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A hindcast of post-rainstorm coliform bacteria distributions in Jamaica Bay made by use of a water-quality simulation model of that bay and models of the surrounding drainage basins on the basis of tide, wind, and rainfall data.
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Results of a major RAND study to identify and analyze energy policy issues facing California, with emphasis on developing a coordinated state policy response.
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An assessment of California's current energy situation in terms of sources of supply, uses, and conservation. Due to declining in-state production and reduced deliveries from other sources, California's natural gas supplies will be about 8 percent l...
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