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UNINA9910220134803321 |
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Titolo |
Oil shale development in the United States : prospects and policy issues / / James T. Bartis ... [et al.] |
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Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND, c2005 |
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ISBN |
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9786612282881 |
1-282-28288-3 |
0-8330-4100-2 |
1-60129-025-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (89 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Oil-shales - United States |
Oil-shale industry - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-68). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Preface; Figures and Table; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; About This Study; Contents of This Report; Chapter Two - The U.S. Oil Shale Resource Base; Oil Shale Resources in Place; Recoverable Resources in the Green River Formation; Resource Ownership; Chapter Three - Oil Shale Technologies; Mining and Surface Retorting; In-Situ Retorting; Thermally Conductive In-Situ Conversion; Timeline for Oil Shale Development; Chapter Four - The Strategic Significance of Oil Shale; Direct Benefits of Domestic Oil Shale Production |
Reductions in the World Price of OilEnhanced National Security; Confounding or Inconclusive Arguments; Summary; Chapter Five - Critical Policy Issues for Oil Shale Development; Environmental and Social Impacts; Constraints to Strategically Significant Production; Chapter Six - The Development Path for Oil Shale; Business as Usual; Toward Industrial Development; Appendix - Cost Estimation Methodology and Assumptions; Bibliography |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A 450-character abstract. In this report, the authors describe oil shale resources; suitability, cost, and performance of new technologies; and key policy issues that need to be addressed by government decision |
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