U. S. Energy Policies (Routledge Revivals) : An Agenda for Research.

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 -- Statistical Projections -- The Physical Underpinnings: "Resources" and "Reserves" -- Crude Oil and Natural Gas -- Coal -- Shale Oil -- Uranium and Thorium -- Industry Costs and Supply Functions -- Energy Policies as Evaluated from Several Vantage Points -- Cost-Efficiency of the Energy Industries -- Incentives to Private Industry -- Energy Research and Development -- National Security -- Federal Public Lands as an Energy Source -- Impact on the Natural Environment -- Coal -- Oil -- Natural Gas -- Aspects of Social Welfare.

U.S. Energy Policies, first published in 1968, aims to assemble and describe within an overall framework the energy policy questions that RRF believed would profit from study and analysis. This book will be of interest to students of environmental studies.

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