| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 167 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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text file PDF |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Note |
"Rand Project Air Force and Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-167). |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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 prepare the foundation for managing associated greenhouse-gasemissions, both in a way that reduces uncertainties and builds futurecapabilities. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Coal liquefaction.
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Coal liquefaction. |
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Coal liquefaction -- Government policy -- United States.
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Government policy. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Camm, Frank A., 1949-
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Ortiz, David (David Santana)
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| In: |
Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bartis, James T., 1945- Producing liquid fuels from coal. Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., ©2008 9780833045119 0833045113 (DLC) 2008050794 (OCoLC)276406220 |
| ISBN |
9780833046765 (electronic book) |
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0833046764 (electronic book) |
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1282033395 |
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9781282033399 |
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9786612033391 |
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6612033398 |
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9780833045119 |
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0833045113 |
| Report No. |
RAND/MG-754-AF/NETL |
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