Front Cover; Book Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction -- George P. Shultz; Recommendations; Session 1: Distributed Energy; Session 2: What Can We Do To Boost Energy Efficiency?; Session 3: The Nuclear Fuel Cycle; Session 4: Synthetic Biology and Its Applications in Energy; Session 5: Putting a Price on Carbon; Session 6: A Sustained Research and Development Policy; Session 7: Emerging International Energy Relationships; Appendix 1; Working with China and India; What Can America Do with China? -- David Victor
The U.S.-India Climate and Energy Relationship:Dealing with a Power-Starved Country- Jeremy CarlAppendix 2; Members of the Shultz-Stephenson Task Force onEnergy Policy; Appendix 3; Conference Agenda; Conference Participants
Summary
Drawn from the Hoover Institution's Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy January 2010 conference, this book discusses critical energy issues including, energy and synthetic biology, cap and trade and carbon tax policies, energy efficiency, international energy relationships, and other key topics. The contributors present a range of ideas and recommendations that might improve the performance of the United States in responding to the energy challenge
