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A Vehicle for Change PNGV: An Experiment in Government-Industry Cooperation

Full Title: A Vehicle for Change PNGV: An Experiment in Government-Industry Cooperation Author(s): David Trinkle Publisher(s): The RAND Corporation Publication Date: 12/2009 Language: English Length: 378 pages, PDF Full Text: –>ACCESS DOCUMENT<– Description: This research assesses the effectiveness...
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An Action Plan for Cars

Full Title: An Action Plan for Cars: The Policies Needed to Reduce U.S. Petroleum Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Author(s): J. Heywood, et al. Publisher(s):  Massachusetts Institute of Technology Publication Date: 12/2009 Identifier(s):  Library of Congress Control Number:...
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Analysts Predict High Oil Prices in 2012

Oil prices are expected to average between $100 and $120/barrel in 2012. “Economists say they expect prices to remain high despite the relative weaknesses of the American and European economies...
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Balancing the Benefits and Costs of Natural Gas

Modeling results in the MIT Future of Natural Gas Study released in June of last year suggested that the US could make major progress in the next two decades towards...
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CEOs & Military Leaders: End America’s Reliance on Oil

A new report from the Energy Security Leadership Council, a group including business leaders and retired military officials, warns that U.S. energy policy advocates are conflating “energy independence” with “energy...
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Climate Impact of Canada’s Oil Sands

A paper by researchers at the University of Alberta, Edmonton found that the impact of Canadian oil sands mining, and subsequent land restoration, on carbon release has been significantly underestimated....
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Climate Tech Book: Transportation Sector Overview

Full Title:  Climate Tech Book: Transportation Sector Overview Author(s): Center for Climate and Energy Solutions Publisher(s): Center for Climate and Energy Solutions Publication Date: 3/2011 Language: English Length: 8 pages, PDF Full Text: –>DOWNLOAD FILE<– Description (excerpt):...
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Commodities Trading and Gasoline Prices

On March 5th, 68 Congressional Democrats sent a letter to regulators at the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) urging that the agency “immediately enact strong position limits to eliminate excessive...
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CRS: Limited Short-Term Options on Gas Prices

A recent Congressional Research Service report titled “Rising Gasoline Prices 2012” states that Congress has “limited short term options … to address gasoline prices.” The report identifies six short-run policy options...
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Delivering Jobs: The Economic Costs and Benefits of Improving the Fuel Economy of Heavy-Duty Vehicles

Full Title: Delivering Jobs: The Economic Costs and Benefits of Improving the Fuel Economy of Heavy-Duty Vehicles Author(s): D. Anair, J. Hall Publisher(s): Union of Concerned Scientists Publication Date: 5/2010 Identifier(s): n/a Language: English Length:  21 pages, PDF Full...
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Developing U.S. “Tar Sands”

Eastern Utah may see tar sand production begin later this year. A private company, the Alberta-based U.S. Oil Sands, has invested $6 million since 2005 to test the oil sands...
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Discussion Catalyst: Alternative Methods of Propulsion

[Note: The statements below are intended solely to stimulate discussion among the Expert community, and do not represent the position of OurEnergyPolicy.org. Text in italics indicates clarification or expansion.] The majority...
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Discussion Catalyst: Bio-Diesel

[Note: The statements below are intended solely to stimulate discussion among the Expert community, and do not represent the position of OurEnergyPolicy.org. Text in italics indicates clarification or expansion.] Diesel accounts...
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Discussion Catalyst: Conservation and Fuel Efficiency

[Note: The statements below are intended solely to stimulate discussion among the Expert community, and do not represent the position of OurEnergyPolicy.org. Text in italics indicates clarification or expansion.] The main...
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Discussion Catalyst: Other Alcohols or Liquids

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Discussion Catalyst: Policy Principles

[Note: The statements below are intended solely to stimulate discussion among the Expert community, and do not represent the position of OurEnergyPolicy.org. Text in italics indicates clarification or expansion.] The U.S....
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DOE-backed Firm Claims Battery Breakthrough

As reported by the New York Times, Envia Systems, a California-based battery manufacturing company, announced yesterday what it calls a “major breakthrough” in battery technology that is “poised to revolutionize...
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Economist: High Oil Prices Not (Necessarily) Bad for Economy

In a Yardeni Research blog post highlighted by an article in the New York Times, economist Ed Yardeni argued that rising oil prices “may actually be good for the stock...
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Electrifying cars: How three industries will evolve

Full Title: Electrifying cars: How three industries will evolve Author(s): R. Hensley, S. Knupfer, D. Pinner Publisher(s): McKinsey Quarterly Publication Date: 2009 (Q3) Identifier(s): n/a Language: English Length: 10 pages, PDF Full Text: -->DOWNLOAD FILE<-- Description (excerpt): Upon entering the mainstream—in a few years or a couple...
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Energy Revolution: A Sustainable Global Energy Outlook

Full Title: Energy Revolution: A Sustainable Global Energy Outlook Author(s): Oliver Schäfer, Arthouros Zervos, Sven Teske, Jan Béranek, and Stephanie Tunmore Publisher(s): Greenpeace and European Renewable Energy Council Publication Date: 10/2008 Language: English Length: 212...
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Extending the Supply of Alcohol Fuels for Energy Security and Carbon Reduction

Full Title:  Extending the Supply of Alcohol Fuels for Energy Security and Carbon Reduction Author(s): R. Pearson, J. Turner, M. Eisaman, et al. Publisher(s): Lotus Engineering, PARC Publication Date: 2009 Identifier(s):  2009-01-2764 Language: English Length: 28 pages, PDF Full Text: -->DOWNLOAD FILE<-- Description (excerpt): The paper critiques...
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External Costs of Transport in the U.S.

Full Title: External Costs of Transport in the U.S. Author(s): M. Delucchi, D. McCubbin Publisher(s): n/a Publication Date: 2010 Identifier(s): n/a Language: English Length:  34 pages, PDF Full Text: -->DOWNLOAD FILE<-- Description (excerpt): In this chapter we report estimates of the external costs...
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ExxonMobil’s 2012 Outlook for Energy

ExxonMobil recently released its 2012 Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040, a report forecasting energy trends out for the next several decades. Among the projections highlighted in ExxonMobil’s announcement: “Global...
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Focus on Methanol

At the Methanol Policy Forum – held March 27, 2012 in Washington, DC – energy industry and policy experts convened to discuss the fuel’s potential as a transportation fuel. The...
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Fraud in Renewables Markets

In 2007, US EPA began using renewable identification numbers (RINs) to track fuel producer compliance with the Energy Policy Act of 2005’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which calls for fuel...
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