Producing liquid fuels from coal : prospects and policy issues /

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Large U.S. coal reserves and viable technology make promising a domesticindustry producing liquid fuels from coal. Weighing benefits, costs, andenvironmental issues, a productive and robust U.S. strategy is to promote alimited amount of early commercial experience in coal-to-liquids productionand to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bartis, James T., 1945-
Otros Autores: Camm, Frank A., 1949-, Ortiz, David (David Santana)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., ©2008.
©2008
Temas:
Coal liquefaction.
Coal liquefaction > Government policy > United States.
Charbon > Liquéfaction.
Charbon > Liquéfaction > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > International Security.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The coal resource base
  • Coal-to-liquids technologies
  • Other unconventional fuels
  • Benefits of coal-to-liquids development
  • Critical policy issues for coal-to-liquids development
  • Designing incentives to encourage private investment
  • Moving forward with a coal-to-liquids development effort
  • Appendixes: A. Cost-estimation methodology and assumptions
  • B. Greenhouse-gas emissions: supporting analysis
  • C.A model of the global liquid-fuel market.

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