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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
Report

The Value and Impacts of Alternative Fuel Distribution Concepts: Assessing the Army's Future Needs for Temporary Fuel Pipelines

Reviews the U.S. Army's historical uses of temporary pipelines and surveys future scenarios in order to develop a broad list of potential requirements for temporary petroleum pipeline structure.

Mar 17, 2009
Testimony

Research Priorities for Fossil Fuels: Technology for Greenhouse Gas Reduction

In testimony presented before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, James T. Bartis addresses critical R&D needs and opportunities associated with fossil energy.

Mar 2, 2009
News Release

How China Can Strengthen Its Economy by Investing in High-Technology Applications

A new study from the RAND Corporation examines how China's Tianjin Binhai New Area (TBNA) and Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) can best spur regional development and economic growth by focusing on emerging high-technology applications.

Feb 13, 2009
Report

The Global Technology Revolution China, Executive Summary: Emerging Technology Opportunities for the Tianjin Binhai New Area (TBNA) and the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA)

Tianjin Binhai New Area and the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area commissioned a technology-foresight study to help them plan for economic growth. Seven applications stand out; the authors describe drivers, barriers, and plans for each.

Jan 29, 2009
Report

Alternative Fuels Production Incentives

The U.S. Congress and federal agencies are considering legislative proposals to promote the development of unconventional fuels in the United States. RAND assessed the effectiveness of various federal financial incentive packages that could successfully promote early commercial experience with coal-to-liquids production.

Dec 11, 2008
News Release

Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Production Could Offer Major National Benefits

The federal government can spark the creation of a commercially competitive coal-to-liquids industry by fostering early development of plants that would produce transportation fuels from coal.

Dec 10, 2008
Research Brief

Assessing a Coal-to-Liquids Fuel Industry in the United States

Government actions to gain early experience in producing liquid fuels from coal offer major energy security benefits but also raise important economic governance, and environmental issues.

Nov 30, 2008
Research Brief

Alternative Fossil-Based Transportation Fuels: Economic Benefits and Environmental Concerns

Alternative fuels derived from oil sands and from coal liquefaction can cost-effectively diversify fuel supplies, but neither type significantly reduces U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions enough to arrest long-term climate change.

Nov 21, 2008

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