Main Title |
Unconventional fossil-based fuels : economic and environmental trade-offs / |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
RAND Corp., |
Year Published |
2008 |
OCLC Number |
341169221 |
ISBN |
9780833046413; 0833046411; 1282033263; 9781282033269 |
Subjects |
Petroleum engineering ;
Heavy oil ;
Oil sands ;
Coal liquefaction ;
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Power Resources--General ;
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Industries--Energy ;
SCIENCE--Energy ;
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Environmental Policy
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EMAM |
Internet |
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Region 6 Library/Dallas,TX |
05/10/2011 |
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Collation |
1 online resource (xxiii, 72 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color). |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-72). Electronic reproduction. Print version record. |
Contents Notes |
Introduction -- History and context of unconventional fossil-resource development -- Carbon capture and storage for unconventional fuels -- Oil sands and synthetic crude oil -- Coal-to-liquids production -- Competitiveness of unit production costs for synthetic crude oil and coal-to-liquids -- Conclusions. Both high import payments for petroleum motor fuels and concerns regarding emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are motivating interest in possible fuel substitutes. Petroleum products derived from conventional crude oil constitute more than 50 percent of end-use energy deliveries in the United States and more than 95 percent of all energy used in the U.S. transportation sector. Almost 60 percent of liquid fuels are imported. Emissions from the consumption of petroleum account for 44 percent of the nation's CO2 emissions, with approximately 33 percent of national CO2 emissions resulting from transportation-fuel use. In this report, RAND researchers assess the potential future production levels, production costs, greenhouse gases, and other environmental implications of synthetic crude oil extracted from oil sands and fuels produced via coal liquefaction relative to conventional petroleum-based transportation fuels. The findings indicate the potential cost-competitiveness of these alternative fuels and the potential trade-offs that their deployment requires between economic and environmental considerations. |
Place Published |
Santa Monica, CA |
Corporate Au Added Ent |
Rand Corporation. |
Title Ser Add Ent |
Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-580-NCEP. |
PUB Date Free Form |
c2008 |
Series Title Untraced |
Technical report ; TR-580-NCEP |
BIB Level |
m |
Medium |
electronic resource |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
Merged OCLC records |
261335507; 319510057; 476261245; 609068148; 646798436; 657630439; 815768548; 971589250; 971901181; 978052048; 992063727 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20110505171041 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
01928cam 2200481Ia 45020 |