The Unfulfilled promise of synthetic fuels : technological failure, policy immobilism, or commercial illusion / edited by Ernest J. Yanarella and William C. Green.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yanarella, Ernest J.

Green, William C., 1941-

Series:

Contributions in political science 0147-1066 ; no. 179.

Contributions in political science. 0147-1066 ; no. 179

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Synthetic fuels industry--United States.

Synthetic fuels industry.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxii, 225 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Greenwood Press, 1987.

Summary:

The dismantling of the Synthetic Fuels Corporation and the shelving of scores of synfuel plant proposals have triggered a need for a searching inquiry into the reasons why the initial promise of synfuels has not been realized. In this volume a distinguished group of political scientists, policy analysts, and energy planners apply the critical tools of economic, scientific, and political analysis in an attempt to illuminate why the dream of synthetic fuels development has ended, at least temporarily. The essays collected here grapple with a variety of problems surrounding the rise and demise of synthetic fuels development in the 1970s.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [213]-215.

ISBN:

0313256667

OCLC:

15284477