Synthetic Fuel Technology Development in the United States
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- ISBN 9780275930837
- Publication Date: 17 Nov 1988
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
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