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Author: Resources for the Future Publisher: [Baltimore] : Published for Resources for the Future by the Johns Hopkins Press ISBN: Category : Conservation of natural resources Languages : en Pages : 1050
Book Description
A detailed examination of the adequacy of natural resources in the U.S. to provide the standard of living expected.
Author: Resources for the Future Publisher: [Baltimore] : Published for Resources for the Future by the Johns Hopkins Press ISBN: Category : Conservation of natural resources Languages : en Pages : 1050
Book Description
A detailed examination of the adequacy of natural resources in the U.S. to provide the standard of living expected.
Author: United States. National Energy Policy Development Group Publisher: Group Publishing (Company) ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 176
Author: National Research Council Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309116023 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 736
Book Description
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: K. J. Schulz Publisher: Geological Survey ISBN: 9781411339910 Category : Industrial minerals Languages : en Pages : 868
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As the importance and dependence of specific mineral commodities increase, so does concern about their supply. The United States is currently 100 percent reliant on foreign sources for 20 mineral commodities and imports the majority of its supply of more than 50 mineral commodities. Mineral commodities that have important uses and face potential supply disruption are critical to American economic and national security. However, a mineral commodity's importance and the nature of its supply chain can change with time; a mineral commodity that may not have been considered critical 25 years ago may be critical today, and one considered critical today may not be so in the future. The U.S. Geological Survey has produced this volume to describe a select group of mineral commodities currently critical to our economy and security. For each mineral commodity covered, the authors provide a comprehensive look at (1) the commodity's use; (2) the geology and global distribution of the mineral deposit types that account for the present and possible future supply of the commodity; (3) the current status of production, reserves, and resources in the United States and globally; and (4) environmental considerations related to the commodity's production from different types of mineral deposits. The volume describes U.S. critical mineral resources in a global context, for no country can be self-sufficient for all its mineral commodity needs, and the United States will always rely on global mineral commodity supply chains. This volume provides the scientific understanding of critical mineral resources required for informed decisionmaking by those responsible for ensuring that the United States has a secure and sustainable supply of mineral commodities.
Author: Resources for the Future
Author: Resources for the Future
Author: Hans Herman Landsberg
Author: Resources for the Future
Author: United States. Forest Service
Author: United States. National Energy Policy Development Group
Author: Estats Units d'Amèrica. Forest Service
Author: United States. Forest Service
Author: William Harrison Boyer
Author: National Research Council
Author: K. J. Schulz