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The Politics of Energy Research and Development
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Routledge
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Routledge
181 Pages
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Routledge
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The Politics of Energy Research and Development examines and evaluates U.S. research and development policies to promote nuclear, solar, conservation, and other technology options. This volume is the third in the series Energy Policy Studies, which explores fundamental, long-term social, political, and economic dimensions of energy technology, resources, and use. Contributions represent a wide... Read more
Introduction: The Tragedy of U.S. Energy R&D Policy; The Origins of the Nuclear Power Fiasco; U.S. Nuclear Exotica: Peaceful Use of Nuclear Explosives; Technology, Politics and Ideology: The Vicissitudes of Federal Solar Energy Policy, 1974–1983; The Federal Role in Conservation Research and Development; Commercialization Issues In Energy Technology Policy; In Search of the Abundant Energy Machine; Energy Policy in the Interim: Waiting for the Next Shoe to Drop
Biography
John Byrne
