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Producing liquid fuels from coal [[electronic resource] ] : prospects and policy issues / / James T. Bartis, Frank Camm, David S. Ortiz
| Producing liquid fuels from coal [[electronic resource] ] : prospects and policy issues / / James T. Bartis, Frank Camm, David S. Ortiz |
| Autore | Bartis James T. <1945-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : Rand Corp., 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
| Disciplina |
662
662.6622 662/.6622 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CammFrank A. <1949->
OrtizDavid (David Santana) |
| Soggetto topico |
Coal liquefaction - Government policy - United States
Coal liquefaction |
| ISBN |
1-282-03339-5
9786612033391 0-8330-4676-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE- Introduction; About This Book; CHAPTER TWO- The Coal Resource Base; The Adequacy of the U.S. Coal Resource Base; The Distribution of U.S. Coal Reserves and Production; Coal Variability; Mine Size; Policy Implications of the Coal Resource Base; CHAPTER THREE- Coal-to-Liquids Technologies; The Fischer-Tropsch Coal-to-Liquids Approach; The Methanol-to-Gasoline Coal-to-Liquids Approach; The Direct Coal Liquefaction Approach
Baseline Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from Production of Coal-Derived Liquid FuelsCarbon Capture and Sequestration; Alternative Carbon-Management Options; Technical Viability and Commercial Readiness; Production Costs; Timeline for Coal-to-Liquids Development; CHAPTER FOUR- Other Unconventional Fuels; Commercially Ready Unconventional Fuels; Emerging Unconventional Fuels; Summary; CHAPTER FIVE- Benefits of Coal-to-Liquids Development; Economic Profits; Reductions in the World Price of Oil; National Security Benefits; Improved Petroleum Supply Chain; Oil-Supply Disruption Benefits Employment BenefitsConfounding or Inconclusive Arguments; The Economic Value of a Domestic Coal-to-Liquids Industry; CHAPTER SIX- Critical Policy Issues for Coal-to-Liquids Development; Environmental Impacts of Coal-to-Liquids Production; Impediments to Private-Sector Investment; CHAPTER SEVEN- Designing Incentives to Encourage Private Investment; Designing an Effective Long-Term Public-Private Relationship; Assessing Financial Effects Under Conditions of Uncertainty; Findings and Policy Implications; Promoting Competition; Summary CHAPTER EIGHT- Moving Forward with a Coal-to-Liquids Development EffortPrevailing Uncertainties; The Military Perspective; Federal Policy Options; An Insurance Policy; Air Force Options for Coal-to-Liquids Industrial Development; Scoping Federal Efforts: How Much Is Enough?; A Stable Framework for Reducing World Oil Prices; 119APPENDIX A- Cost-Estimation Methodology and Assumptions; APPENDIX B- Greenhouse-Gas Emissions: Supporting Analysis; APPENDIX C- A Model of the Global Liquid-Fuel Market; References |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220103803321 |
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| Santa Monica, CA, : Rand Corp., 2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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What the Army needs to know to align its operational and institutional activities [[electronic resource] /] / Frank Camm ... [et al.]
| What the Army needs to know to align its operational and institutional activities [[electronic resource] /] / Frank Camm ... [et al.] |
| Autore | Camm Frank |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.30973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CammFrank A. <1949-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Electronic books
Armies Military & Naval Science Law, Politics & Government |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-18101-3
9786611181017 0-8330-4259-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Some Important Words; Road Map; Chapter Two - The Institutional Army and Its Place in the U.S. Army; Alternative Definitions of the Institutional Army; Military Leadership and the Institutional Army; Production Relationships in the U.S. Army; How Changes in Priorities Could Affect InstitutionalActivities; Summary; Chapter Three - Leadership Views on Change in the Institutional Army; High-Level Priorities Reflected in the Army PostureStatement; Priorities in the Army Campaign Plan
What to Emphasize in the Institutional ArmySummary; Chapter Four - Translating Leadership Priorities into Metrics; Roles of Metrics in the Alignment of the InstitutionalArmy; 1. Performance of the Operating Force; 2. Outputs of the Institutional Army; 3. Stakeholders Who Care About the Outputs of theInstitutional Army; 4. Attributes of Institutional Army Outputs Relevant toStakeholders; 5. Key Subprocesses of an Institutional Army ActivityThat Help Generate a Flow of Output Today; 6. Formal Initiatives to Improve the Performance ofInstitutional Army Activities 7. Key Inputs to an Institutional Army ActivityFrom Questions to Metrics; Applying These Metrics to Support Formal ChangeManagement; Relationship of Value Chain Approach to the StrategicManagement System; Summary; Chapter Five - Medical Services; The Institutional Army Portion of AMEDD; A Map of IA-Medical Activities That Links TheirPerformance to Operational Goals; Critical IA-Medical Outputs and Associated Metrics; Insights for Evaluation of Value Chains Relevant to OtherArmy Functions; Chapter Six - Enlisted Personnel Accessioning Where Accessioning Fits in Institutional PersonnelActivitiesSetting High-Level Performance Goals for EnlistedAccessioning; Summary; Chapter Seven - Short-Term Acquisition Initiatives; Short-Term Acquisition; Setting High-Level Performance Goals for Short-TermAcquisition; Setting High-Level Performance Goals for Short-TermAcquisition; Summary; Chapter Eight - Conclusions; The Problem: Aligning the Operational and InstitutionalArmies; The Solution: A Strategic Approach to Change; One Useful Tool: Evaluation of Value Chains for KeyInstitutional Activities Bottom Line: Will the Senior Leadership Invest and Staythe Course?Appendix A - Relevant Aspects of Emerging Changes in the Operating Force; Appendix B - Simple Three-Sector Input-Output Model of the Army; Appendix C - Major Objectives of the Army Campaign Plan RElevant to the Institutional Army; Appendix D - More on Linking MEtrics to a Value Chain; Appendix E - Background on Army Medical Services; Appendix F - Army Strategic Management System; Bibliography |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220082103321 |
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| Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2007 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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