Acting in time on energy policy / Kelly Sims Gallagher, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gallagher, Kelly Sims.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy policy--United States.

Energy policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Details the often incomplete, incoherent, and ineffectual U.S. energy policy, tackling specific policy questions: Why are these components of energy policy so important? How would 'acting in time'--not waiting until politics demands action--make a difference? What should our policy actually be? Proposes measures to overcome this counterproductive tendency"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Acting in time on energy policy / Kelly Sims Gallagher

Acting in time on climate change / Kelly Sims Gallagher

Making carbon capture and storage work / Daniel P. Schrag

Oil security and the transportation sector / Henry Lee

Policy for energy technology innovation / Laura Diaz Anadon and John P. Holdren

Electricity market structure and infrastructure / William W. Hogan

Barriers to acting in time on energy and strategies for overcoming them / Max H. Bazerman.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612131646

9781282131644

1282131648

9780815703679

0815703678

OCLC:

503441912