Drawn from the Hoover Institution’s Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy January 2010 conference, this book discusses critical energy issues including, energy and synthetic biology, cap and trade and carbon tax policies, energy efficiency, international energy relationships, and other key topics. The contributors present a range of ideas and recommendations that might improve the performance of the United States in responding to the energy challenge.
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Drawn from the Hoover Institution's Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy January 2010 conference, this discusses critical energy issues, including energy and synthetic biology, cap and trade and carbon tax policies, energy efficiency, international energy relationships, and other key topics.
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PrefaceIntroduction by George P. ShultzRecommendationsSessions1 Distributed Energy2 What Can We Do To Boost Energy Efficiency?3 The Nuclear Fuel Cycle4 Synthetic Biology and Its Applications in Energy5 Putting a Price on Carbon6 A Sustained Research and Development Policy7 Emerging International Energy RelationshipsAppendix 1Working with China and IndiaWhat Can America Do with China? by David VictorThe U.S.-India Climate and Energy Relationship: Dealing with a Power-Starved Country by Jeremy CarlAppendix 2Members of the Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy PolicyAppendix 3Conference AgendaConference Participants
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ISBN
9780817913052
Publisert
2010-11-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Hoover Institution Press,U.S.
Vekt
200 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
168

Introduction by

Biographical note

Jeremy Carl is a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources and a research Fellow with the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at Stanford University.

James E. Goodby is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow with the Center for Northeast Asia Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution