Impacts on U.S. Energy Expenditures and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions of Increasing Renewable-Energy Use
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Toman, Michael
Griffin, James
Lempert, Robert J.
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EnglishAbstract
How could producing 25 percent of U.S. electricity and motor-vehicle transportation fuels from renewables by the year 2025 affect U.S. consumer energy expenditures and CO2 emissions? This report finds that reaching 25 percent renewables with limited impact on expenditures requires significant progress in renewable-energy technologies and biomass production. Without substantial innovation in these areas, expenditures could increase considerably.
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Political Science; TechnologyDOI
10.7249/TR384EFCISBN
9780833046697, 9780833044976Publisher
RAND CorporationPublication date and place
2008Classification
Environmental policy and protocols
Technology: general issues