Guidelines for DOE Long Term Civilian Research and Development. Volume VI. Report of ERAB Supply Subpanel Long-Range Energy Research and Development Strategy Study
The report emphasizes that R and D planning should be for a substantially higher potential demand to assure an adequate long range supply of energy. This goal is in tune with the national objective to assure: energy security; balanced, diversified sources of energy that promise acceptable costs; and protection from the environmental impacts associated with energy supply and use. The energy system of the US is far too complex to predict its performance in detail. Thus, the federal R and D program needs to be broad in its coverage. The marketplace remains the key mechanism by which the various supply options are ultimately adopted, and federal energy R and D should, within the available federal budget, aim at assisting the marketplace in providing as many economically and environmentally viable options as possible. Because this is a very difficult process, this report simply lists the major issues which seem to dominate the several energy sources and makes some suggestions regarding their pursuit. The United States obtains its primary energy from a variety of sources: oil, natural gas, coal, uranium, and renewables (including hydroelectric and geothermal energy). The first three dominate, but all play a role.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC. Energy Research Advisory Board
- OSTI ID:
- 6219123
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/S-0044; ON: DE86006772
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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