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Synthetic Fuel Technology Development in the United States: A Retrospective Assessment - Hardcover

Barry Bozeman; Michael Crow; Walter Meyer; Ralph Shangraw

 
9780275930837: Synthetic Fuel Technology Development in the United States: A Retrospective Assessment
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0275930831 ISBN 13: 9780275930837
Publisher: Praeger (UK), 1988

Synopsis

Direct coal liquefaction, a synthetic liquid fuel process, is one of the major developmental alternatives for meeting the anticipated fuel demands for the twenty-first century. This work provides a retrospective assessment of past attempts in this century to develop synthetic liquid fuel and applies the findings to produce reliable and pertinent data for the future. Retrospective technology assessment, a recent methodological invention, is used by the authors to analyze the past synthetic liquid fuel programs and the reasons for their failures. Bringing to bear four different perspectives--economic, technological, policy, and historical--the authors draw broad conclusions that will help guide the next development effort in the United States.

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About the Author

MICHAEL CROW is Director of Science Policy and Research, Iowa State University.

BARRY BOZEMAN is Director of the Technology and Information Policy Program, Syracuse University.

WALTER MEYER is Director of the Institute for Energy Research, Syracuse University.

RALPH SHANGRAW, JR., is Senior Research Fellow, Technology and Information Policy Program, Syracuse University

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Publisher
Praeger (UK)
Publication date
1988
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0275930831
ISBN 13 
9780275930837
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
187