Testimony before the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources of the Committee on Resources of the United States House of Representatives on April 18, 2002.
Tells the story of Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV) beginnings, how it has dealt with these challenges, and its progress to date, which, as of 1998, remains ahead of schedule.
This report is part of a series that develops and applies a general methodology for assessing the chronic health risks of toxic pollutant emissions. It applies the general framework and the computer program WTRISK to a study of a coal tar disposal site.
Documents the results of an analysis of two novel approaches to the production of liquid fuels from coal and oil shale that might offer major benefits over current fossil fuel technologies.
This Note is the second in a series of RAND reports developing and applying a general methodology for assessing the control costs and chronic health risks of toxic pollutant emissions from coal-fired electric power plants.
This paper explores the impact of political risk on foreign direct investment in petroleum ventures in those developing countries that are not members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. It coordinates and analyzes information from ...
... documents a review of the publicly available literature on cost improvement, defined as the reduction in a technology's unit product cost that typically occurs as experience with the technology is gained.
Describes the development and application of a general methodology for assessing the control costs and chronic health risks of toxic pollutant emissions from coal-fired electric power plants.
This analysis examines the impasse that has developed in the formulation of a federal regulatory policy for facilities to manufacture synthetic natural gas (SNG) from coal.
This report analyzes key factors that will influence Mexico's future petroleum policies, projects expected policy outcomes, and assesses the implications of these policies for U.S. interests, objectives, and options for the 1980s.
Focuses on general approaches to world petroleum resource assessment. The author establishes the nature and concentration of petroleum reserves and the efficiency of modern petroleum exploration. He demonstrates that conventional petroleum resource a...
A comprehensive analysis of the interrelationships between price controls, oil production technology, product demand, tariff policy, and world trade, as applied to the petroleum industry.
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...
