U.S. energy policies : an agenda for research : a Resources for the Future staff report

• Pubblicazione: Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge : , : RFF Press, , 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (169 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.790973
• Soggetto topico: Energy policy - United States
• Note generali: First published in 1968 by Resources for the Future.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Original Title""; ""Original Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""I. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE ENERGY INDUSTRIES""; ""Public Involvement with the Energy Industries""; ""Postwar Growth and Composition of Energy""; ""Foreign Trade""; ""The Dimensions of the Energy Industry""; ""Future Energy Requirements""; ""II. OIL""; ""The Industrial Structure""; ""Crude Oil Prices""; ""The State Regulatory Systems""; ""Oil Reservoirs and the "Law of Capture"""; ""The Origins of State Regulation""; ""The Proration System""; ""The Regulation of Reservoir Development"" ; ""Research Studies Related to State Regulation""""1. Production Structure""; ""2. Cost Analysis and Supply Functions""; ""The Federal Involvement""; ""Distinctive Tax Provisions""; ""Import Control and National Security""; ""Oil from Federal Public Lands""; ""Incentives for Exploration""; ""General Statistical Studies""; ""Reserves""; ""Productive Capacity""; ""III. NATURAL GAS""; ""The Structure of the Industry""; ""Public Regulation of Natural Gas""; ""State and Local Utility Regulation""; ""State Conservation Regulation""; ""Federal Regulation""; ""Area Price Fixing"" ; ""Should Field Prices be Regulated?""""Pipeline Co-ordination and Planning""; ""Interindustry Competition""; ""General Statistical Studies""; ""IV. COAL""; ""The Structure of the Industry""; ""Federal Regulation and Its Aftermath""; ""Coal Reserves and Resources""; ""1. Ownership and Commitment""; ""2. Geography""; ""3. Quality""; ""Coal Costs and Prices""; ""The Cost of Coal Transportation""; ""Public Policies Affecting Coal""; ""V. ELECTRICITY""; ""State Regulation""; ""The Involvement of the Federal Government""; ""The Holding Company Phase and Its Aftermath""; ""Federal Enterprise"" ; ""Rural Electric Co-operatives""""Federal Regulatory Activity: The Federal Power Commission""; ""1. Licensing of Hydropower Sites""; ""2. Regulation of Interstate Operations""; ""Directions for the Future: Technology, Policy, and Industrial Structure""; ""The Present Pattern of Policies""; ""Present Industrial Structure""; ""Future Industrial Structure""; ""VI. NUCLEAR ENERGY""; ""The Legislative Framework""; ""The Competitive Status of Nuclear Power""; ""1. Fuel Cycle Costs""; ""2. Equipment Costs""; ""3. Supporting Technical Programs of the AEC"" ; ""4. The Future Cost of Nuclear Raw Materials""""5. The Real Costs of Nuclear Power""; ""Federally Financed Research and Development""; ""Natural Resources of Uranium and Thorium""; ""Nuclear Energy and Foreign Policy""; ""VII. SHALE OIL""; ""Federal and Private Ownership""; ""Cost Analysis and Interindustry Cost Comparisons""; ""Taxation Policy""; ""Leasing Policy""; ""1. Size of Lease""; ""2. Leaseholder""; ""3. Lease Terms""; ""4. Scope of Lease""; ""Research and Development""; ""Associated Minerals""; ""VIII. TOWARDS A CO-ORDINATED APPROACH TO ENERGY PROBLEMS"" ; ""The Quantitative Framework for Assessing Supply and Demand""
• Titolo autorizzato: U.S. energy policies
• ISBN: 1-315-71885-5; 1-317-51423-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817149703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge revivals.