Viewing America S Energy Future In Three Dimensions

Author : L. Louis Hegedus,Dorota S. Temple
Publisher : RTI Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781934831052

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The future of the US energy infrastructure is a major and urgent challenge for our society. This monograph was stimulated by a report of the National Academies' Committee on America's Energy Future, America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation, Summary Edition, 2009. The report pointed out the critical but poorly understood and little explored role of societal considerations in determining the fate of national energy policies and programs. In our efforts to respond to those concerns, we have examined the thesis that the three major dimensions of the energy challenge—technology, economics, and societal—are overlapping, interactive, and inseparable; therefore, they can be understood only when considered simultaneously and discussed in terms of their interactions. Correspondingly, this monograph describes energy technologies in the context of their economic and societal contexts, energy economics in their technological and societal contexts, and the societal aspects of energy in their technological and economic contexts. The monograph then identifies social science–driven research opportunities pertaining to America’s energy challenge, with the hope that the proposed research will help not only overcome the societal barriers identified by the National Academies' report, but also harness societal forces in developing a rational energy future.

Author : L. Louis Hegedus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1371772430

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Viewing America's Energy Future in Three Dimensions by L. Louis Hegedus Pdf

The future of the US energy infrastructure is a major and urgent challenge for our society. This monograph was stimulated by a report of the National Academies' Committee on America's Energy Future, America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation, Summary Edition, 2009. The report pointed out the critical but poorly understood and little explored role of societal considerations in determining the fate of national energy policies and programs. In our efforts to respond to those concerns, we have examined the thesis that the three major dimensions of the energy challenge--technology, economics, and societal--are overlapping, interactive, and inseparable; therefore, they can be understood only when considered simultaneously and discussed in terms of their interactions. Correspondingly, this monograph describes energy technologies in the context of their economic and societal contexts, energy economics in their technological and societal contexts, and the societal aspects of energy in their technological and economic contexts. The monograph then identifies social science-driven research opportunities pertaining to America's energy challenge, with the hope that the proposed research will help not only overcome the societal barriers identified by the National Academies' report, but also harness societal forces in developing a rational energy future.

Author : National Research Council,National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences,Committee on America's Energy Future
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309141451

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America's Energy Future by National Research Council,National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences,Committee on America's Energy Future Pdf

Energy production and use touch our lives in countless ways. We are reminded of the cost of energy every time we fill up at the gas pump, pay an electricity bill, or purchase an airline ticket. Energy use also has important indirect impacts, not all of which are reflected in current energy prices: depletion of natural resources, degradation of the environment, and threats to national security arising from a growing dependence on geopolitically unstable regions for some of our energy supplies. These indirect impacts could increase in the future if the demand for energy rises faster than available energy supplies. Our nation's challenge is to develop an energy portfolio that reduces these impacts while providing sufficient and affordable energy supplies to sustain our future economic prosperity. The United States has enormous economic and intellectual resources that can be brought to bear on these challenges through a sustained national effort in the decades ahead. America's Energy Future is intended to inform the development of wise energy policies by fostering a better understanding of technological options for increasing energy supplies and improving the efficiency of energy use. This summary edition of the book will also be a useful resource for professionals working in the energy industry or involved in advocacy and researchers and academics in energy-related fields of study. America's Energy Future examines the deployment potential, costs, barriers, and impacts of energy supply and end-use technologies during the next two to three decades, including energy efficiency, alternative transportation fuels, renewable energy, fossil fuel energy, and nuclear energy, as well as technologies for improving the nation's electrical transmission and distribution systems.

Author : National Research Council,National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Committee on America's Energy Future
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309116022

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America's Energy Future by National Research Council,National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Committee on America's Energy Future Pdf

For multi-user PDF licensing, please contact customer service. Energy touches our lives in countless ways and its costs are felt when we fill up at the gas pump, pay our home heating bills, and keep businesses both large and small running. There are long-term costs as well: to the environment, as natural resources are depleted and pollution contributes to global climate change, and to national security and independence, as many of the world's current energy sources are increasingly concentrated in geopolitically unstable regions. The country's challenge is to develop an energy portfolio that addresses these concerns while still providing sufficient, affordable energy reserves for the nation. The United States has enormous resources to put behind solutions to this energy challenge; the dilemma is to identify which solutions are the right ones. Before deciding which energy technologies to develop, and on what timeline, we need to understand them better. America's Energy Future analyzes the potential of a wide range of technologies for generation, distribution, and conservation of energy. This book considers technologies to increase energy efficiency, coal-fired power generation, nuclear power, renewable energy, oil and natural gas, and alternative transportation fuels. It offers a detailed assessment of the associated impacts and projected costs of implementing each technology and categorizes them into three time frames for implementation.

Author : National Academies (U.S.). Committee for the National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Energy policy
ISBN : 0309141419

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America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation by National Academies (U.S.). Committee for the National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future Pdf

Analyzes the potential of a wide range of technologies for generation, distribution, and conservation of energy. This book considers technologies to increase energy efficiency, coal-fired power generation, nuclear power, renewable energy, oil and natural gas, and alternative transportation fuels. It assesses the associated impacts and projected costs of implementing each technology and categorizes them into three time frames for implementation.

Author : Committee on America's Energy Future,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Academy of Sciences,National Academy of Engineering,National Research Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0309387191

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America's Energy Future by Committee on America's Energy Future,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Academy of Sciences,National Academy of Engineering,National Research Council Pdf

For multi-user PDF licensing, please contact customer service. Energy touches our lives in countless ways and its costs are felt when we fill up at the gas pump, pay our home heating bills, and keep businesses both large and small running. There are long-term costs as well: to the environment, as natural resources are depleted and pollution contributes to global climate change, and to national security and independence, as many of the world's current energy sources are increasingly concentrated in geopolitically unstable regions. The country's challenge is to develop an energy portfolio that addresses these concerns while still providing sufficient, affordable energy reserves for the nation. The United States has enormous resources to put behind solutions to this energy challenge; the dilemma is to identify which solutions are the right ones. Before deciding which energy technologies to develop, and on what timeline, we need to understand them better. America's Energy Future analyzes the potential of a wide range of technologies for generation, distribution, and conservation of energy. This book considers technologies to increase energy efficiency, coal-fired power generation, nuclear power, renewable energy, oil and natural gas, and alternative transportation fuels. It offers a detailed assessment of the associated impacts and projected costs of implementing each technology and categorizes them into three time frames for implementation.

Author : International Energy Agency,Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher : OECD
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110489650

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Toward a Sustainable Energy Future by International Energy Agency,Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Pdf

The manner in which we produce & consume energy is of crucial importance to sustainable development, as energy has deep relationships with each of its three dimensions -- the economy, the environment & social welfare. These relationships develop in a fast-moving & complex situation characterized by increasing globalisation, growing market liberalisation & new technologies, as well as by growing concerns about climate change & energy-supply security. In order to make energy an integral part of sustainable development, new policies need to be developed. Such policies must strike a balance among the three dimensions of sustainable development. They must reduce our exposure to large-scale risk. The IEA has synthesized a number of experiences with policies aimed to promote sustainable development. These experiences are reported in seven subject chapters on energy supply security, market reform, improving energy efficiency, renewable energies, sustainable transport, flexibility mechanisms for greenhouse gas reductions & on non-Member countries.

Author : National Intelligence Council
Publisher : Cosimo Reports
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1646794974

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Global Trends 2040 by National Intelligence Council Pdf

"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Power resources
ISBN : MINN:30000006283604

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Energy Research Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Asim Kurjak,Jose Bajo Arenas
Publisher : JP Medical Ltd
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789352701971

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Donald School Textbook of Transvaginal Sonography by Asim Kurjak,Jose Bajo Arenas Pdf

This book is a comprehensive guide to transvaginal sonography for practitioners. Divided into five sections, the text begins with discussion on general aspects of ultrasonography and transvaginal scanning. The following sections cover the use of ultrasonography in a variety if gynaecological and obstetrical circumstances. The final sections cover Doppler sonography and 3D and 4D transvaginal sonography. The third edition has been fully revised to provide clinicians with the latest advances in their field. Authored by an internationally recognised team of experts led by Zagreb-based Asim Kurjak and Madrid-based José Bajo Arenas, the text is further enhanced by nearly 700 ultrasound images, photographs, diagrams and tables. Key points Fully revised, third edition presenting latest advances in transvaginal sonography Highly illustrated with nearly 700 ultrasound images, photographs, diagrams and tables Internationally recognised editor and author team Previous edition (9789350904732) published in 2013

Author : Seungjoo Lee,Sangbae Kim
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030760120

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Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy by Seungjoo Lee,Sangbae Kim Pdf

This volume discusses Korea’s role as a middle power in the midst of the 21st century global power shift. Focusing on Korea’s middle power diplomacy from the perspective of coalition building, the book discusses structural factors that shape middle power strategy and diplomacy. Written by leading Korean researchers, the chapters use diverse methodologies to offer a range of perspectives on Korea’s place in the developing global order. Topics discussed include South Korea’s approach to technology policy in the midst of US-China cyber competition, the East Asian ‘Thucydides Trap’, MITKA and middle power diplomacy, Korea’s role in the South China Sea dispute, and South Korean cyber security. Providing a unique treatment of middle power opportunities and motivations in the East Asia region, this volume will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, Asian politics, diplomacy, security studies, and global governance.

Author : United States
Publisher : Committee on Energy & Commerce
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Law
ISBN : PSU:000044863418

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Compilation of Selected Acts Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Energy and Commerce by United States Pdf

Author : Dmitri Rabounski ,Florentin Smarandache, Larissa Borissova
Publisher : Infinite Study
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Progress in Physics, vol. 2/2017 by Dmitri Rabounski ,Florentin Smarandache, Larissa Borissova Pdf

The Journal on Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Experimental Physics, including Related Themes from Mathematics

Author : Edith Falgarone,Thierry Passot
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003-03-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540002741

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Turbulence and Magnetic Fields in Astrophysics by Edith Falgarone,Thierry Passot Pdf

This book contains review articles of most of the topics addressed at the conf- ence on Simulations of Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in astrophysics: recent achievements and perspectives which took place from July 2 to 6, 2001 at the Institut Henri Poincar ́e in Paris. We made the choice to publish these lectures in a tutorial form so that they can be read by a broad audience. As a result, this book does not give an exhaustive view of all the subjects addressed during the conference. The main objective of this workshop which gathered about 90 scientists from di?erent ?elds, was to present and confront recent results on the topic of t- bulence in magnetized astrophysical environments. A second objective was to discuss the latest generation of numerical codes, such as those using adaptive mesh re?nement (AMR) techniques. During a plenary discussion at the end of the workshop discussions were held on several topics, often at the heart of vivid controversies. Topics included the timescale for the dissipation of magneto-hydrodynamical (MHD) turbulence, the role of boundary conditions, the characteristics of imbalanced turbulence, the validity of the polytropic approach to Alfv ́en waves support within interst- lar clouds, the source of turbulence inside clouds devoid of stellar activity, the timescale for star formation, the Alfv ́en Mach number of interstellar gas motions, the formation process for helical ?elds in the interstellar medium. The impact of small upon large scales was also discussed.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCR:31210013509987

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Issues Affecting Domestic Oil and Gas Production by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Pdf

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