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No Direct Military Benefit from Use of Alternative Fuels by Armed Forces
If the U.S. military increases its use of alternative fuels, there will be no direct benefit to the nation's armed forces. It makes more sense for the military to direct its efforts toward using energy more efficiently.
Jan 25, 2011
Journal Article
The Economic Costs of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Under a U.S. National Renewable Electricity Mandate
The authors perform a technical and economic assessment and estimate the economic costs and net GHG reductions from U.S renewable electricity mandates. GHG emissions reductions from such policies could be as much as 670 million metric tons per year. Depending on technological development, economic costs are $13-$45 billion per year. Lower costs depend on favorable technological progress.
Jan 1, 2011
Commentary
Among Potential Deficit Remedies, Don't Rule Out Raising Gas Tax
A proposed 15-cents-a-gallon gas tax is worth a second look. Among various painful options put forward in the Deficit Reduction Commission's draft report, this tax hike may be well justified, writes Martin Wachs.
Dec 25, 2010
News Release
Attention to Societal Priorities Can Help Guide Nuclear Waste Management Policy
To break the impasse over how to deal with spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants, policymakers should focus on how various waste management strategies address societal priorities related to nuclear energy.
Nov 15, 2010
Testimony
Policy Implications of Alternative Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Strategies
Testimony presented before the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future on November 15, 2010.
Nov 8, 2010
Report
Attention to Societal Priorities Can Help Guide Nuclear Waste Management Policy
To break the impasse over how to deal with spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants policymakers should focus on how various waste management strategies address societal priorities related to nuclear energy.
Nov 5, 2010
Journal Article
Informed Public Preferences for Electricity Portfolios with CCS and Other Low-Carbon Technologies
Public perceptions of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) and other low-carbon electricity-generating technologies may affect the feasibility of their widespread deployment.
Sep 1, 2010
Dissertation
An Analysis of Strategic Price Setting in Retail Gasoline Markets
Studies price-setting behavior in the retail gasoline industry.
Aug 27, 2010
Periodical
RAND Review: Vol. 34, No. 1, Spring 2010
Features discuss energy strategies for Israel, the economic recession, and Iran's leadership; other items discuss the KC-10 fleet, air pollution and hospital costs, no-fault insurance, silica litigation, poverty reduction, and political polarization.
Apr 9, 2010
Multimedia
Green Buildings, Green Jobs
In this podcast, Ambassador Charles Ries describes how Europe and Australia have used innovative policies to provide information on energy consumption by buildings to promote energy efficiency and discuss lessons the U.S. can learn from these efforts. Ries also discusses the effects of these policies on jobs in the building industry.
Feb 17, 2010
Journal Article
Documentation for the Calculating Uncertainty in Biomass Emissions Model, Version 1.0 (CUBE 1.0): Contents and Use
This report is intended to complement extensive documentation contained in the model itself. CUBE 1.0, available for download on the NETL website, determines the life cycle GHG emissions of biomass feedstocks from planting the biomass to delivery to the bioenergy plant gate ("farm-to-gate").
Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article
Life Cycle Assessment and Grid Electricity: What Do We Know and What Can We Know?
The authors explore the limits of current knowledge about grid electricity in LCA and carbon footprinting for the U.S. electrical grid, and show that differences in standards, protocols, and reporting organizations can lead to important differences in estimates of CO2, SO2, and NOx emissions factors.
Jan 1, 2010
Research Brief
Natural Gas and Israel's Energy Future: Planning Amid Deep Uncertainty
Israel must control future electricity demand. It can build a secure energy infrastructure in which natural gas provides up to 40 percent of electric power generation but only by taking measures to limit supply disruptions.
Dec 22, 2009
Report
Natural Gas and Israel's Energy Future
Israel can make natural gas usage a bigger part of its energy portfolio without jeopardizing its security, but even more importantly, the nation needs to make conservation measures a priority in its future energy plans.
Dec 15, 2009
Report
Natural Gas and Israel's Energy Future: A Strategic Analysis Under Conditions of Deep Uncertainty
Israel must employ strategic alternatives to make the best use of domestic and imported natural gas. This report explores natural gas-utilization and supply-infrastructure strategies in the face of uncertainty.
Dec 10, 2009
Report
Near-Term Feasibility of Alternative Jet Fuels
Aviation has few near-term options to petroleum-based fuels. Alternative fuels that may be available in the next decade may reduce aviation's impact on air quality and benefit nonaviation sectors.
Oct 13, 2009
Report
Strengthening U.S. International Energy Assistance to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Improve Energy Security
U.S. international energy-assistance programs, a potentially important tool for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions and increasing energy security, are reviewed and compared with German programs; recommendations are made for further study.
Sep 10, 2009
Multimedia
Imported Oil and U.S. National Security
In this Congressional Briefing held on May 11, 2009, Keith Crane, director of the RAND Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program, leads a discussion on the links between oil imports and U.S. national security.
May 5, 2009
Report
Economic Costs of Major Oil Supply Disruption Pose Risk to U.S. National Security
While on a net basis the United States imports nearly 60 percent of the oil it consumes, this reliance on imported oil is not by itself a major national security threat. The study finds that the economic costs of a major disruption in global oil supplies—including higher prices for American consumers—pose the greatest risk to the United States.
Apr 20, 2009
Multimedia
What Constitutes an Effective Approach to Limiting Greenhouse Gases?
In this Congressional Briefing, Michael Toman, former director of the RAND Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program, moderates a discussion on greenhouse gases.
Apr 13, 2009

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