Conversations about Energy How the Experts See America's Energy Choices

by Carl, Jeremy; Goodby, James E.; Shultz, George P.

• ISBN13: 9780817913052
• ISBN10: 081791305X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-01
• Publisher: Hoover Institution Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Jeremy Carl is a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources and a 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 Insitution.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Recommendations	p. 7
Sessions
Distributed Energy	p. 15
What Can We Do To Boost Energy Efficiency?	p. 25
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle	p. 33
Synthetic Biology and Its Applications in Energy	p. 43
Putting a Price on Carbon	p. 63
A Sustained Research and Development Policy	p. 73
Emerging International Energy Relationships	p. 87
Working with China and India	p. 101
What Can America Do with China?	p. 102
The U.S.-India Climate and Energy Relationship: Dealing with a Power-Starved Country	p. 107
Members of the Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy	p. 115
Conference Agenda	p. 131
Conference Participants	p. 136
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